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close C0415300 (klōs)adj. clos·er, clos·est 1. Being near in space or time. See Usage Note at redundancy.2. Being near in relationship: close relatives.3. Bound by mutual interests, loyalties, or affections; intimate: close friends.4. Having little or no space between elements or parts; tight and compact: a close weave.5. Being near the surface; short: a close haircut.6. Being on the brink of: close to tears.7. Decided by a narrow margin; almost even: a close election.8. Faithful to the original: a close copy.9. Very attentive; rigorous; thorough: a close reading; close supervision.10. Shut; closed.11. Shut in; enclosed.12. Confining or narrow; crowded: close quarters.13. Fitting tightly: close garments.14. Warm and humid or stuffy: close weather; a close room.15. Confined to specific persons or groups: a close secret.16. Strictly confined or guarded: kept under close custody.17. Secretive; reticent: was close about her personal life.18. Giving or spending with reluctance; stingy: He is known to be close with his money.19. Not easily acquired; scarce: Money was close.20. Linguistics Pronounced with the tongue near the palate, as the ee in meet. Used of vowels.21. Marked by more rather than less punctuation, especially commas.v. (klōz) closed, clos·ing, clos·es v.tr.1. To move (a door, for example) so that an opening or passage is covered or obstructed; shut.2. To bar access to: closed the road for repairs.3. To fill or stop up: closed the cracks with plaster.4. To stop the operations of permanently or temporarily: closed down the factory.5. To make unavailable for use: closed the area to development; closed the database to further changes.6. To bring to an end; terminate: close a letter; close a bank account.7. To bring together all the elements or parts of: Management closed ranks and ostracized the troublemaker.8. To join or unite; bring into contact: close a circuit.9. To draw or bind together the edges of: close a wound.10. Sports To modify (one's stance), as in baseball or golf, by turning the body so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact with the ball.11. To complete the final details or negotiations on: close a deal.12. Archaic To enclose on all sides.v.intr.1. To become shut: The door closed quietly.2. To come to an end; finish: The book closes on a hopeful note.3. To reach an agreement; come to terms: We close on the house next week.4. To cease operation: The shop closes at six.5. To be priced or listed at a specified amount when trading ends: Stocks closed higher on Monday.6. a. To engage at close quarters: closed with the enemy.b. To draw near: The orbiter closed with the space station in preparation for docking.7. To come together: My arms closed around the little child.8. Baseball To finish a game by protecting a lead. Used of relief pitchers.n. (klōz)1. The act of closing.2. A conclusion; a finish: The meeting came to a close.3. Music The concluding part of a phrase or theme; a cadence.4. (klōs) An enclosed place, especially land surrounding or beside a cathedral or other building.5. (klōs) Chiefly British A narrow way or alley.6. Archaic A fight at close quarters.adv. (klōs) closer, closest In a close position or manner; closely: stayed close together.Phrasal Verbs: close in1. To seem to be gathering in on all sides: The problems closed in.2. To advance on a target so as to block escape: The police closed in on the sniper.3. To surround so as to make unusable: The airport was closed in by fog. close out1. To dispose of (a line of merchandise) at reduced prices.2. To terminate, as by selling: close out a business.Idioms: close the book on To make a final effort regarding (something); bring to a conclusion: closed the book on her career with a fine performance. close to home/the bone So as to affect one's feelings or interests: Her comment hit close to home. close to the wind Nautical At a close angle into the direction from which the wind is blowing: sailing close to the wind. [Middle English clos, closed, from Old French, from Latin clausus, past participle of claudere, to close. V., from Middle English closen, from Old French clore, clos-, from Latin claudere.] clos′a·ble, close′a·ble (klō′zə-bəl) adj.close′ly adv.close′ness n.clos′ing (klō′zĭng) n.Synonyms: close, immediate, near, proximate These adjectives mean not far from another in space, time, or relationship: an airport close to town; her immediate family; his nearest relative; the proximate neighborhood. See Also Synonyms at complete.Antonym: farclose in (kləʊz) vb (intr, adverb) 1. (of days) to become shorter with the approach of winter2. (foll by: on or upon) to advance (on) so as to encircle or surroundThesaurusVerb | 1. | close in - advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"draw inadvance, march on, move on, progress, pass on, go on - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"move in, pull in, get in, draw in - of trains; move into (a station); "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station" | | 2. | close in - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"inclose, shut in, enclosetuck, insert - fit snugly into; "insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck your shirttail in"wall in, wall up - enclose with a wallbower, embower - enclose in a bowerborder, environ, surround, skirt, ring - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"enshrine, shrine - enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral"encase, incase, case - enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud"swallow up, eat up, immerse, swallow, bury - enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"frame, frame in, border - enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture"glass in, glass - enclose with glass; "glass in a porch"bank - enclose with a bank; "bank roads"dike, dyke - enclose with a dike; "dike the land to protect it from water"encapsulate - enclose in a capsule or other small containerfence, fence in - enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our yard"cordon off, rope in, rope off - divide by means of a rope; "The police roped off the area where the crime occurred"casket - enclose in a casketcorral - enclose in a corral; "corral the horses"fort, fortify - enclose by or as if by a fortificationhedge in, hedge - enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; "hedge the property" |
closeadjective1. Not far from another in space, time, or relation:adjacent, contiguous, immediate, near, nearby, nigh, proximate.Idioms: at hand, under one's nose, within a stone's throw, within hailing distance.2. Very closely associated:chummy, familiar, friendly, intimate.Informal: thick.Slang: tight.Idiom: hand in glove with.3. Having all parts near to each other:compact, crowded, dense, packed, thick, tight.4. Nearly equivalent or even:neck and neck, nip and tuck, tight.5. Not deviating from correctness, accuracy, or completeness:exact, faithful, full, rigorous, strict.6. Affording little room for movement:confining, cramped, crowded, narrow, snug, tight.7. Oppressive due to a lack of fresh air:airless, stifling, stuffy.8. Not speaking freely or openly:close-mouthed, incommunicable, incommunicative, reserved, reticent, silent, taciturn, tightlipped, uncommunicable, uncommunicative.9. Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money:cheap, close-fisted, costive, hard-fisted, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, petty, pinching, stingy, tight, tightfisted.verb1. To move (a door, for example) in order to cover an opening:shut.2. To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container:block, choke, clog, congest, cork, fill, plug, stop.3. To bring or come to a natural or proper end:complete, conclude, consummate, end, finish, terminate, wind up, wrap up.4. To come together:converge, meet.phrasal verb close inTo surround and advance upon:besiege, enclose, envelop, hedge, hem.phrasal verb close offTo set apart from a group:cut off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester.phrasal verb close outTo get rid of completely by selling, especially in quantity or at a discount:dump, sell off, sell out, unload.noun1. A concluding or terminating:cease, cessation, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, end of the line, finish, period, stop, stopping point, termination, terminus, wind-up, wrap-up.2. The last part:conclusion, end, ending, finale, finish, last, termination, wind-up, wrap-up.3. An area partially or entirely enclosed by walls or buildings:atrium, court, courtyard, enclosure, quad, quadrangle, yard.adverbTo a point near in time, space, or relation:closely, hard, near, nearby, nigh.Translationsenfermeraccorciarsiогородитьclose in
close in1. To physically surround, encircle, or approach someone or something. As the opposing troops closed in on us, I knew we would never win the battle.2. To trap or confine someone or something in a particular space. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "close" and "in." The blizzard has closed us in, unfortunately, and we won't even be able to go skiing.3. To approach very quickly or become imminent, as of a deadline. I procrastinated, and now the deadline for my paper is really closing in!4. To overwhelm or engulf someone, as of emotions. For a long time, I couldn't drive because feelings of fear closed in every time I got behind the wheel.See also: closeclose someone or something in (something)to contain someone or something in something or some place; to seal someone or something inside something. Don't close the bird in such a small cage. Don't close me in! Leave the door open.See also: closeclose in (on someone or something) 1. Lit. to move inward on someone or something. The cops were closing in on the thugs. They closed in quietly and trapped the bear. 2. Fig. [for threats or negative feelings] to overwhelm or seem to surround someone or something. My problems are closing in on me. I feel trapped. Everything is closing in.See also: closeclose in1. Surround, enclose, envelop, as in The fog closed in and we couldn't see two yards in front of us, or She felt the room was closing in. [c. 1400] 2. Also, close in on or upon . Draw in, approach, as in The police closed in on the suspect. [Early 1800s] See also: closeclose inv.1. To surround and advance on a person or thing: The police located the escaped prisoner and closed in. Scientists closed in on the cause of the disease.2. To appear to be coming in from all sides: Problems of every sort are closing in on me.3. To be about to occur; be imminent: We had better hurry, the deadline is closing in.See also: closeclose in
close in[′klōz ′in] (petroleum engineering) To temporarily shut a well that still has the capacity to produce oil or gas. To close the blowout preventers of a well to control the entry of water, gas, oil, or other formation fluids into the wellbore during a drilling operation. LegalSeecloseFinancialSeeCloseclose in Related to close in: outlined, reinvigorated, undeterred, bumped up, overhyped, scrutinisedSynonyms for close inverb advance or converge onSynonymsRelated Words- advance
- march on
- move on
- progress
- pass on
- go on
- move in
- pull in
- get in
- draw in
verb surround completelySynonymsRelated Words- tuck
- insert
- wall in
- wall up
- bower
- embower
- border
- environ
- surround
- skirt
- ring
- enshrine
- shrine
- encase
- incase
- case
- swallow up
- eat up
- immerse
- swallow
- bury
- frame
- frame in
- glass in
- glass
- bank
- dike
- dyke
- encapsulate
- fence
- fence in
- cordon off
- rope in
- rope off
- casket
- corral
- fort
- fortify
- hedge in
- hedge
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