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An end or conclusion.

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We owe them our thanks for bringing the project to a successful close.

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The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.

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A grapple in wrestling.

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The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.

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A double bar marking the end.

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(travel) The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.

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(physical) To remove a gap.

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(social) To finish, to terminate.

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To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.

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To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.

She was so close to achieving her goal.

She slid over, cuddling close to him, her head on his pillow.

His close proximity sent her heart racing.

The beast was very close to him now.

For one terrifying moment the enormity of what they had done brought her close to panic.

I'm too close to my goal to give up now.

Hundreds of little sail-boats swung to and fro close by, and the sea was calm.

It must be nice having your land so close to the park.

Good, now stick close to the wagons.

She was close to realizing a lifetime goal.

He chuckled softly and tugged her close again.

He took Carmen by the hand and leaned close to her ear.

We used to be so close.

Prince Hippolyte stood close to the pretty, pregnant princess, and stared fixedly at her through his eyeglass.

Neighbors are quite close by.

When she decided Yancey wasn't around, she started down the path, keeping close to the trees without breaking her promise not to wander in the woods.

The twins would be close, and that was something good that came of his return.

Snuggling close, she lifted her face to accept his kiss.

What she saw today was proof that she needed it close by.

That night they slept under the stars - Bordeaux a respectable distance from her, but close enough to assist if anything went wrong in the night.

Did you get close enough to read the calendar?

I shall see it close, he thought.

The dragoons were now close at hand.

One evening, close to suppertime, Lisa, Tammy and Sarah were lounging around the pool.

She snuggled close to him and his lips found hers again.

Anyway, hadn't Giddon said that he wouldn't let anything happen to her as long as she was close to him?

He moved close and pressed some meat into her hand.

You mean we're that close?

He gripped her hand and pulled her close.

The women once again remained close by.

I could tell from Julie's voice, she was either crying of close to it.

I knew he wanted to remain close to Julie so I said nothing further about trying to go back.

He pulled her close and grinned wickedly.

Not far from the mill there was an old house, with many trees growing close to it.

He cut his trees level and close to the ground, that the sprouts which came up afterward might be more vigorous and a sled might slide over the stumps; and instead of leaving a whole tree to support his corded wood, he would pare it away to a slender stake or splinter which you could break off with your hand at last.

All our Concord waters have two colors at least; one when viewed at a distance, and another, more proper, close at hand.

At length, as I leaned with my elbow on the bench one day, it ran up my clothes, and along my sleeve, and round and round the paper which held my dinner, while I kept the latter close, and dodged and played at bopeep with it; and when at last I held still a piece of cheese between my thumb and finger, it came and nibbled it, sitting in my hand, and afterward cleaned its face and paws, like a fly, and walked away.

These men pressed close to the wall to let Pierre and Anna Mikhaylovna pass and did not evince the least surprise at seeing them there.

He carried close to his leg a narrow unsheathed sword (small, curved, and not like a real weapon) and looked now at the superior officers and now back at the men without losing step, his whole powerful body turning flexibly.

The foremost Frenchman, the one with the hooked nose, was already so close that the expression of his face could be seen.

Dolokhov, running beside Timokhin, killed a Frenchman at close quarters and was the first to seize the surrendering French officer by his collar.

I do not know, but it will certainly happen! thought Pierre, glancing at those dazzling shoulders close to his eyes.

The whole French army, and even Napoleon himself with his staff, were not on the far side of the streams and hollows of Sokolnitz and Schlappanitz beyond which we intended to take up our position and begin the action, but were on this side, so close to our own forces that Napoleon with the naked eye could distinguish a mounted man from one on foot.

But at that very instant a cloud of smoke spread all round, firing was heard quite close at hand, and a voice of naive terror barely two steps from Prince Andrew shouted, Brothers!

Suddenly he heard musket fire quite close in front of him and behind our troops, where he could never have expected the enemy to be.

Some domestic serfs Pierre met, in reply to inquiries as to where the prince lived, pointed out a small newly built lodge close to the pond.

When returning from his leave, Rostov felt, for the first time, how close was the bond that united him to Denisov and the whole regiment.

Close to the corner, on an overcoat, sat an old, unshaven, gray-bearded soldier as thin as a skeleton, with a stern sallow face and eyes intently fixed on Rostov.

The crowd unexpectedly found itself so close to the Emperors that Rostov, standing in the front row, was afraid he might be recognized.

She was followed by Petya who always kept close to her, by Michael, a huntsman, and by a groom appointed to look after her.