shut

shut [-ting, -s] v

OE scyttan, obstruct, shut up.

1. Close; bring together the outward covering parts.
2. Close itself; be closed.
3. Deny entrance by closing; hinder coming in or going out by means of.
4. Exclude; preclude.
5. Make inaccessible.
6. Confine; prevent; stop.
7. Cease; suspend an operation.
8. Fold; gather together.
9. Phrase. “Shut down”: close by lowering.
10. Phrase. “Shut up”: confine; imprison.
11. Phrase. “Shut the door”: stop communication.
12. Phrase. “Shut down”: suppress.
13. Phrase. “Shut the Door”: reject association with others.
14. Phrase. “Shut out”: exclude; keep away; prohibit entrance; refuse admittance; deny admission to.
15. Phrase. “Shut in”: confine.
16. Phrase. “Shut up”: confine by legal or moral restraint.
17. Phrase. “Shut the Door”: leave this world.