- to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
- to close the doors of (often followed by up): to shut up a shop for the night.
- to close (something) by bringing together or folding its parts: Shut your book. Shut the window!
- to confine; enclose: to shut a bird into a cage.
- to bar; exclude: They shut him from their circle.
- to cause (a factory, school, etc.) to end or suspend operations, services, or business activity: He shut his store, sold his house, and moved away.We're shutting the office for two weeks in June.
- to bolt; bar.
- to become shut or closed; close.
- closed; fastened up: a shut door.
- checked (def. 4).
- the act or time of shutting or closing.
- the line where two pieces of welded metal are united.
- shut down,
- to close, especially temporarily; end or suspend operations, services, or business activity.
- to stop operating or stop the operation of (a machine): Did you remember to shut down your computer?
- to hinder; check; stop from doing or saying something: He appeared on the talk show to shut down his critics.
- to defeat or outdo:The team was able to shut down the offense.
- to settle over a place so as to envelop or darken it: The fog shut down rapidly.
- shut in,
- to enclose.
- to confine, as from illness: She broke her leg in a fall and has been shut in for several weeks.
- free of; rid of: He wished he were shut of all his debts.
- shut off,
- to stop the passage of (water, traffic, electricity, etc.); close off.
- to isolate; separate: an outpost almost completely shut off from civilization.
- shut out,
- to keep from entering; exclude.
- to hide from view.
- to prevent (an opponent or opposing team) from scoring, as in a game of baseball.
- shut up,
- to imprison; confine.
- to close entirely.
- to stop talking; become silent (often used as a rude command): Just sit down and shut up! I thought the neighbors would never shut up and let me sleep.
- to stop (someone) from talking; silence.
- (used to express disbelief or astonishment): You dated her in high school? Shut up!
- to move (something) so as to cover an aperture; close
- to close (something) by bringing together the parts
- to close or lock the doors of
- to confine, enclose, or exclude
- to prevent (a business, etc) from operating
- to ignore deliberately
- shut the door on
- to refuse to think about
- to render impossible
- closed or fastened
- the act or time of shutting
- the line along which pieces of metal are welded
- to get rid of
