shutting

shut

S0379200 (shŭt)v. shut, shut·ting, shuts v.tr.1. a. To move (a door or lid, for example) so as to block passage through an opening.b. To fasten with a lock, catch, or latch: shut the cabinet.2. To block entrance to or exit from; close: shut a corridor.3. To confine in a closed space: shut them in a cage.4. To exclude from a closed space: shut the cats out of the house.5. To fold up or bring together the parts of: shut the book.6. To cause to stop operating: shut down a restaurant; a school that was shut for the vacation.v.intr.1. To move or become moved so as to block passage; close: a door that shuts by itself.2. To stop operating, especially automatically: The electricity shuts off at midnight.n.1. The act or time of shutting.2. The line of connection between welded pieces of metal.Phrasal Verbs: shut off1. To stop the flow or passage of; cut off: shut off the hot water by closing a valve.2. To close off; isolate: loners who shut themselves off from the community. shut out Sports To prevent (an opponent) from scoring any runs or points. shut up1. To cause (someone) to stop speaking; silence.2. To stop speaking.Idiom: shut (one's) eyes to To refuse to consider or acknowledge: administrators who shut their eyes to pervasive corruption.

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[Middle English shutten, from Old English scyttan; see skeud- in Indo-European roots.]

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shutting - the act of closing something closingmovement, motility, motion, move - a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"