shut
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Old English scyttan.
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to shut (third-person singular simple present shuts, present participle shutting, simple past and past participle shut)
- (transitive) To close, to stop from being open.
- Please shut the door.
- The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes.
- (intransitive) To close, to stop being open.
- If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut.
- (transitive or intransitive, chiefly British) To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.
- The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.
[edit] Usage notes
Except when part of one of the derived terms listed below, almost every use of shut can be replaced by close. The reverse is not true -- there are many uses of close than cannot be replaced by shut.
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single words and compounds derived from shut
idioms derived from shut
[edit] Translations
to close
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[edit] Etymology 2
Variation of chute or shute (archaic, related to shoot) from Old English scēotan.
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shut (plural shuts)
- (British, Shropshire dialectal) A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.
[edit] Synonyms
- (alleyway): alley, gennel (Northern Ireland), ginnel (Yorkshire and Lancashire), gitty (East Midlands), jitty (Midlands), passage, snicket (Northern England), wynd (Scotland)