shut: Meaning and Definition of

shut

1. to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
2. to close the doors of (often fol. by up): to shut up a shop for the night.
3. to close (something) by bringing together or folding its parts: Shut your book. Shut the window!
4. to confine; enclose: to shut a bird into a cage.
5. to bar; exclude: They shut him from their circle.
6. to cause (a business, factory, store, etc.) to end or suspend operations: He shut his store, sold his house, and moved away. We're shutting the office for two weeks in June.
7. to bolt; bar.

1. to become shut or closed; close.
2. The fog shut down rapidly.
1. to settle over so as to envelop or darken:The fog shut down rapidly.
2. to close, esp. temporarily, as a factory; cease manufacturing or business operations.
3. Also,shut down onupon.Informal.to hinder; check; stop.
3. She broke her leg in a fall and has been shut in for several weeks.
1. to enclose.
2. to confine, as from illness:She broke her leg in a fall and has been shut in for several weeks.
4. an outpost almost completely shut off from civilization.
1. to stop the passage of (water, traffic, electricity, etc.); close off.
2. to isolate; separate:an outpost almost completely shut off from civilization.
1. to keep from entering; exclude.
2. to hide from view.
3. to prevent (an opponent or opposing team) from scoring, as in a game of baseball.
6. I thought the neighbors would never shut up and let me sleep.
1. to imprison; confine.
2. to close entirely.
3. to stop talking; become silent:I thought the neighbors would never shut up and let me sleep.
4. to stop (someone) from talking; silence.

1. closed; fastened up: a shut door.
2. checked.
3. free of; rid of: He wished he were shut of all his debts.

1. the act or time of shutting or closing.
2. the line where two pieces of welded metal are united.