noun
definition
The act or time of shutting; close.
example
the shut of a door
definition
A door or cover; a shutter.
definition
The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.
verb
definition
To close, to stop from being open.
example
Please shut the door.
definition
To close, to stop being open.
example
If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut.
definition
To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.
example
The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.
definition
To confine in an enclosed area.
example
I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out.
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To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.
example
He's just shut his finger in the door.
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To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
noun
definition
A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.