Word Finder - shut

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Closed, shut.

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Narrow; confined.

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a close alley; close quarters

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At a little distance; near.

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Is your house close?

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Intimate; well-loved.

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He is a close friend.

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Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.

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(Ireland, England, Scotland) Hot, humid, with no wind.

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(of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.

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Strictly confined; carefully guarded.

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a close prisoner

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Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.

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Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.

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a close contest

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Short.

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to cut grass or hair close

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Dense; solid; compact.

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Concise; to the point.

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close reasoning

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Difficult to obtain.

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Money is close.

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Parsimonious; stingy.

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Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.

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a close translation

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Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.

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The patient was kept under close observation.

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Marked, evident.

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The act or time of shutting; close.

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the shut of a door

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A door or cover; a shutter.

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The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.

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To close, to stop from being open.

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Please shut the door.

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To close, to stop being open.

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If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut.

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To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.

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The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.

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To confine in an enclosed area.

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I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out.

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To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.

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He's just shut his finger in the door.

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To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.

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Closed.

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A shut door barred our way into the house.

She shut the door.

Carmen kissed Destiny goodnight and shut the door to their room.

Carmen turned the light off and shut the door.

Curtains shut out the light.

She slammed the suitcase shut and glared at him.

But don't let him shut you out.

Soon he really shut his eyes and fell asleep.

She climbed into the leather seat and he shut the door after her.

They seem to know man isn't a threat until the engine is shut off.

He shut the door and walked away from the car.

Shut up; I told you not to interrupt... anyway, the damn thing went too fast for the old folks... over two miles an hour, I guess.

But at length they came unexpectedly upon a huge rock that shut off the passage and blocked them from proceeding a single step farther.

I opted to keep my mouth shut.

When I told her that Santa Claus would not come until she was asleep, she shut her eyes and said, "He will think girl is asleep."

They shut the door and all sat down.

He pulled the pajama top shut and started buttoning it without looking up.

She folded the newspaper to shut the accusing eyes.

She let the door shut without removing anything.

Finally she pulled the door shut and locked it.

The car had been shut up long enough that it smelled of old upholstery.

Lisa snapped her sagging jaw shut.

He turned into a driveway and shut off the truck.

She shut the door after they entered, and smiled wryly at Adrienne.

Who do you think you are, telling me to shut up?

Quinn shut his off and no one calls me.

Carmen clamped her mouth shut.

After what seemed like hours of traveling down trails that were little more than rockslides, Giddon stopped the ATV and shut off the engine.

In other words, shut up.

She clamped her mouth shut and watched Bordeaux mount his bay.

He popped the glove compartment shut and stared at her.

I agreed and mentioned the timing of the power shut off at Howie's house after he'd left town.

Once in a while we shut the alarm down during the day 'cause some of the help use that exit to the back parking lot.

I rejoiced over all his successes, I shut my eyes to his faults, and wondered, not that he had them, but that they had not crushed or dwarfed his soul.

She can shut her eyes and bend her arms and sit down and stand up straight.

Still I could not shut my eyes to the force and weight of their arguments, and I saw plainly that I must abandon--'s scheme as impracticable.

Helen noticed that the puppies' eyes were closed, and she said, "Eyes--shut. Sleep--no," meaning, "The eyes are shut, but the puppies are not asleep."

He shut his eyes, rubbed his forehead as if to rid himself of all interest in what he had read, and listened to what was passing in the nursery.

She had shut Katie off many times when she had tried to tell her things.

She shut the door and descended the stairs.

His mouth snapped shut and shame filled his eyes.

He opened his mouth to speak and then clamped it shut.

The minute they entered the room Connie shut the door and turned to her with wide eyes.

She started to shut the door, but he had the storm door open and his foot in the door before she could react.

She snapped the full suitcase shut and opened her door.

She grabbed a head of lettuce and shut the door.

Once she was settled in the seat, he shut the door and walked around the car to the driver's side.

He pulled the door shut gently and tiptoed down the hall after her.

She can take Martha's place, trying to calm Howie down enough so he can nod off but keep beating on her the importance of keeping her mouth shut.

Grasso lifted Molly by her waist band with one hand and literally tossed her into the van before slamming it shut.

She shut the door and waved at Carmen and Alex before getting into the driver's seat.