shut

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Usage notes 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Pronunciation 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.2.1 Synonyms 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃʌt/, SAMPA: /SVt/
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• Rhymes: -ʌt

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English scyttan.

[edit] Verb

to shut (third-person singular simple present shuts, present participle shutting, simple past and past participle shut)

1. (transitive) To close, to stop from being open.

   Please shut the door.

   The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes.

2. (intransitive) To close, to stop being open.

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

3. (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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[edit] Etymology 2

Variation of chute or shute (archaic, related to shoot) from Old English scēotan.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃʌt/, SAMPA: /SVt/
• Rhymes: -ʌt

[edit] Noun

shut (plural shuts)

1. (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)

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of hstu
• huts
• STHU
• thus
• tush