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Definition of shut in English: shutverbshuts, shutting ʃʌtʃət [with object]1Move (something) into position so as to block an opening; close. she slammed the door shut Example sentencesExamples - He shuts his locker door, maybe a little more harshly than usual, and just kind of gives me this stare.
- But the second seed shuts the door and moves into the semi-finals on her second match point.
- Don't keep your bedroom door and windows shut all day long.
- The day I had closed the windows, shut the door, and walked away forever.
- Laughing, she ran for the bathroom and shut the door right before he slammed against it.
- Just as the girl shut the door Yuki pulled herself upright and staggered to the bed.
- Brett said brusquely, shutting the passenger side door and hurrying around to open his own.
- He crawled back out of his bed and crossed him room to shut his bedroom door before pulling his T-shirt over his head and slipping out of his jeans.
- Xander snapped his head up when the front door was opened and shut a second later.
- At four I got up and prowled the flat, checking doors and windows were shut, uncomfortable and alone.
- When they were no longer visible, Quentin moved to shut the door.
- ‘We will shut the door tonight and wake up in the morning with a smile on our faces,’ said coach Gary Parker.
- Vincenzo closes and locks the door, and shuts the drapes.
- I shut my eyes and moved blindly forward, towards that door.
- The sound of the front door opening and slamming shut a second later broke the silence between us.
- The man, 27, dragged the terrified child into his house, locked the door, shut the curtains and pulled her to the floor, a court heard.
- They climb out of their dark, slick Mercedes silently, slamming the doors rather than shutting them.
- I ran into the house and slammed shut the sliding glass door.
- He shut the window, shut the blinds, and opened the door, all while little Giovanni was watching.
- The market was closed and homes were shut tight to the biting wind and rain.
Synonyms close, draw/pull/push to, slam, fasten put the lid on, bar, lock, latch, padlock, secure, seal put up the shutters - 1.1no object Move or be able to be moved so as to block an opening.
Example sentencesExamples - As she leaves, I hear the door shutting behind her, and I am left once more with a silence haunted by my own failure.
- Even today, I recall the clamp of the warm hand on my arm as soon as the front door shut behind me.
- The broken flyscreen door shut slowly behind her as she let go of the rusted handle, scraping across the dusty fly filled verandah.
- But as the door shuts lightly behind her, the words she's just spoken suddenly crash in Beth's mind.
- The doors shuts quietly behind her, a feature I wouldn't have expected with the likely temperament of this woman.
- He stepped out to clean something, and the door banged shut behind him.
- With a soft grind the library's glass door slid shut behind us.
- Tommy stopped crying and the only thing that broke the unbearable silence of the place was the front door shutting loudly behind me.
- Then the figure walked out of the room, the door gently shutting behind it.
- Rather, it was like leaving a cathedral and having the doors shut behind you.
- When she went back to get the other two she found the door had shut behind her.
- When I hear what students, purporting to study for English degrees, know and do not know nowadays, I seem to sense huge doors shutting quietly behind us.
- I entered the cubicle and locked the door shut behind me.
- Peer through the dusty glass and you might catch sight of the two thick yellow metal doors behind, jammed tightly shut with no obvious opening mechanism.
- I hurried on in and the doors shut just behind me, breathless in a kind of disbelief - I haven't had a train driver stop a train for me before.
- The tour ends with a handshake and a door shut firmly behind me.
- Vincent, who had not moved from where he lay, heard the door shut behind them and the room fall silent.
- The last thing I hear before the door shuts behind me is a laugh shared by the doctor and Jasmine.
- As the door shut behind him, a thick, insulating blackness enfolded me.
- She took one last look at the people still inside and then turned, stifling the tears and walked out, the door shutting behind her with a hollow click.
- 1.2 Block an opening into (something) by moving something into position.
he shut the box and locked it Example sentencesExamples - He shut the cellar door and we heard him push the boxes and rugs over it.
Synonyms fasten, secure, close up, lock, bolt, board up - 1.3with object and adverbial Keep in a place by closing something such as a door.
it was his own dog which he had accidentally shut outside Example sentencesExamples - Christopher tip-toes to the closet and quietly shuts himself inside.
- What would you do if I shut you outside, to stand in the rain and catch cold so you died?
- He has been shut in closets, kitchen cabinets and, once, in our filing cabinet.
- Steve's convinced it was done by some ‘yobs’ outside and dismisses those who believe the door was blown shut by the wind.
- He and his fellow guards handcuffed the men and took them outside, he closed the door shut, and the slaves were back to work.
2Fold or bring together the sides of (something) so as to close it. Example sentencesExamples - He gave the lid a strong push and then clasped the latch, shutting the trunk.
- Jordan had looked up, suddenly, while instinctively shutting her sketch book.
- The pages began to move, but Lombard shut the book before he could see what his question had conjured.
- You shut your biology book with a thud, and stared at him from across the table.
- Alex took pity on him, and shut his sketch book with a snap.
3Prevent access to or along. they ought to shut the path up to that terrible cliff Example sentencesExamples - The site will be shut to the public until Wednesday evening.
- It was thought the road would be shut until about 2pm.
- He points out that landowners have weakened the case for shutting access, by allowing deer stalking from last week.
- Footpaths across North and East Yorkshire were shut - with businesses in York losing millions of pounds as tourists stayed away in droves.
- The castle is surrounded by a metal fence, and all of the entrances to it are welded shut by some of his servants to prevent anyone from coming or going.
- Even the fact that you can shut the Gaza Strip and prevent people from there going to their leader's funeral is not really right.
- New Road was shut until 8.45 am and queues of traffic built up back to The Causeway.
- Long Road was shut last Monday for emergency work on a cracked sewage trunk.
- It is expected that the roads will be shut until at least 4pm today and that there will be major traffic congestion.
- The crossing is closed off by iron gates at either side of the railway track which are opened and shut by drivers as they pass through.
- The work at Longsight from August 23 to 31 means a vital link in the service will be shut for nine days.
- Apart from inadequate links between London Euston and the North West, West Coat mainline services have been shut every weekend for months.
- 3.1 Make or become unavailable for business or service, either permanently or until due to be open again.
with object we shut the shop for lunch no object the accident and emergency departments will shut Example sentencesExamples - State and local investigators blamed the accident on a maintenance error that left open a natural gas valve as the boiler was being shut for routine service.
- Rochdale Council's Education Department is proposing to shut Alf Kaufman School in Norden next September.
- The coffee shop at the rear of large bookshop in Oxford has been shut, but will soon be reopening as a Starbucks.
- Businesses that were shut in the afternoon have reopened, and it's looking like things are slowly getting back to normal.
- In an amazing show of respect, shops and businesses will shut for up to three hours - as a mark of respect and to allow staff to watch the funeral.
- And on Saturday customers bade an emotional farewell to butcher Stephen Smith, who shut his Leigh shop for the final time.
- Last year, the board announced it would be shutting the Scottish Churches Open College, which offers a range of diploma and degree courses.
- Councillors backed the principle of keeping Bardsea loos open while other sources of funding such as shutting Aldingham toilets were explored with the parish councils.
- It will also shut is Canadian business tomorrow, and has chopped 25 staff.
- The inquest heard the crossing is closed off by an iron gate either side of the railway track which are opened and shut by motorists as they pass through.
- The 14 full-time teachers and other staff were told on Tuesday last week that the school would be shutting permanently in July.
- I think that bad zoos should be shut, but it is essential to keep open and well funded those which do vital conservation work open.
- People worried a right of way to a primary school would be shut permanently have been reassured the closure is only temporary.
- Macys, which claims to be the world's biggest department store, was also shut for a time.
- The moment one shop opens, others that stay shut lose business.
- The wading pool has been shut but the swimming complex remains open.
- As a threat, police officers noted the details of shops that were shut.
- Recently it announced plans to shut the Frenchay hospital, consolidating its acute services on its Southmead site.
- As usual, shops will be shut Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
- That is not because the business will be shut, but because the business cannot afford to pay them on a public holiday, and it will come to other arrangements.
4shut itinformal no object in imperative Stop talking; be quiet. ‘Sit down and shut it’, he growled Synonyms be quiet, keep quiet, stay quiet, be silent, keep silent, stay silent, hold one's tongue, keep one's lips sealed
Phrases informal Be (or get) rid of. I'd be glad to be shut of him Example sentencesExamples - Now, to get this groomed effect must take quite some effort, and a lot more time than just getting shut of it all.
- The room, darkened both by the sun's setting and the closed blinds, was shut of all noise and interference, save for the monitoring devices secured around the bed.
- That means every rag and tag merchant who can't afford enough guards of his own wants to attach himself to Kilthan's coattails, and, since the roads are open to all, we can't be shut of them.
- Surely the administration's desire to be shut of that country, at least in appearances before the November elections must play a part in these hopes.
- On the other hand, the President himself may wish he could be shut of it as an issue by summer, so that it doesn't become a burden to his re-election chances.
- But he finally got shut of the shop, enabling him to move out of the area, when the Mini-Mart and three-bedroom maisonette was sold.
- If it was losing money, then I say get shut of it and spend the money on something more important, like players.
- Those poor lads must be relieved to be shut of me and my nagging.
- We used to wash the eggs and he'd get shut of them.
- He wasn't alone or unique in his view that to be rid of milk would be to be shut of a whole lot of trouble for it was a product that in fact was eating up senior executive time and profits.
Synonyms throw away, throw out, dispose of, get rid of, do away with, toss out, throw on the scrapheap, clear out, discard, remove, dispense with, lose, eliminate, dump, bin, jettison, shed, dismiss, expel, eject, weed out, root out
shut your face (or mouth or trap)! informal Used as a rude or angry way of telling someone to be quiet. Example sentencesExamples - This advice only confuses me - should I tell the plant or Paul to ‘shut your trap!’
- On that note, this letter shows that when such opinions are published, we, the readers, will respond with a united ‘shut your mouth!’
- Oh and one more thing, if anyone's the spoiled brat here it's you so shut your mouth!
- The operative is named Sam Fisher, and he is one bad mother (shut your mouth!).
- We're not getting the stuff all right, so just put on your seatbelt and shut your mouth!
- You don't know anything about him, so shut your mouth!
- I'm about to push you into the pool if you don't shut your mouth!
- Just keep your eyes on the road and shut your mouth!
- John, for once in your life, shut your mouth!
- Chris, I'll be gone in an hour and you and your friends can yell as much as you want, now shut your mouth!
Phrasal Verbs shut someone/something away Keep someone or something inside a place so as not to be seen or contacted by other people. she supposes that Mrs Tilney was shut away in her bedroom chamber Example sentencesExamples - A woman was ordered into her basement by two burglars who left her shut away whilst they looted her Whitton home last Friday evening.
- The grand building will close its doors for the final time on Tuesday shutting away 115 years of history.
- I cannot believe how my Aunt shut her away like that.
- Filmed through the bars they appear to have been shut away in a camp already.
- In the worst cases, sufferers can shut themselves away indoors, shunning all social contact.
- The unlucky ones were herded aboard two small freighters, where they were shut away in total darkness in the cargo holds.
- Please don't punish your cat by shutting him/her away.
- She knew her daughter very well, too, despite how Kimberly tried to hide from her, shut herself away.
- He was a real human being who didn't shut himself away.
- With the years, Highsmith became ever more like Tom Ripley shut away from humankind in his train compartment, ever more apart.
Synonyms confine, isolate, cloister, sequester, seclude, closet, immure
shut down (or shut something down) Cease (or cause something to cease) business or operation. the plant's operators decided to shut down the reactor Example sentencesExamples - The 50-year-old solicitor's career has been in tatters since he lost an appeal against conviction for being drunk and disorderly and his business was shut down.
- The bank's prominent embassy and international operations will be shut down in an attempt to bury a scandal that has the potential of becoming much larger.
- Coke's operations were shut down in the early 90's during Somalia's civil war.
- If a buyer isn't found, the businesses will be shut down.
- Speaking to reporters, Endriartono said that loss-making businesses would be shut down, while profitable ones would be either acquired by the government or sold to the private sector.
- Three sawmills were shut down during the operation and 33 people arrested, said Riau Police chief Brig.
- Stranded passengers seen outside Piarco International Airport, yesterday, after operations were shut down because of a bomb threat.
- Mining continued until the ore reserves were exhausted, and the operation was shut down 1 April 1925.
- This follows last year's staff reduction of 25 per cent when overseas operations were shut down.
- In 1957 the operation was shut down after producing 43,061,767 pounds of copper.
Synonyms cease activity, close, close down, cease production, cease operating, come to a halt, go on strike, cease trading, collapse, fail, crash, go under, go to the wall, go bankrupt, become insolvent, go into receivership, go into liquidation, be liquidated, be wound up, be closed, be closed down, be shut, be shut down close, close down, discontinue, put into receivership, liquidate, put into liquidation switch off, power down, stop, halt
shut someone/something in 1Keep someone or something inside a place by closing something such as a door. her parents shut her in an upstairs room Example sentencesExamples - I shut the horse in the stable and I closed my jacket over my bloody shirt.
- All the parents living in the neighborhood got together and resolved to shut her in her house.
- With that, April roughly shut the door in their faces and marched directly to her parent's bedroom.
- He grabbed the ramp and pulled it up, closing it behind him until it shut him in and the only sound he could hear was that of his own ragged breath.
- She quickly took her inside then shut the door in my face.
- The packing site in Claremorris will be the third facility to close, with plants in Foxfield and Carbury shutting their doors in recent months.
- Also in England, the £3.6m Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain in London's Hyde Park was shut in July after three people slipped and injured themselves inside the stone ring.
- But, as usual I ruin the possible best moment of my life by running inside and shutting the door in his face.
- Opening and shutting the car door in one shift motion, Mitch dove inside the car as he heard yells in the background.
- The doors closed, then, shutting me in a room with over a dozen Rris.
Synonyms confine, enclose, impound, shut up, pen, pen in, pen up, fence in, hedge in - 1.1Enclose or surround a place.
the village is shut in by the mountains on either side - 1.2Trap something by shutting a door or drawer on it.
you shut your finger in the door Example sentencesExamples - And on a completely different subject (that of pain) I just shut my finger in a drawer while taking a pen out of it.
- Glorg had tried to shut the lid of the cigar box on Duke's fingers.
- She paused for a moment as though opening and shutting drawers in her head.
- One ambulance crew member, who also asked not to be identified, said: ‘A three-year-old boy ripped his finger off by shutting it in the car door and it was put through as a non-priority.’
- ‘We can fold the buggy up if you like,’ Mr Upstairs said in a tone of voice which really meant, ‘I'd rather shut my fingers in the door than create any room for you.’
shut off (or shut something off) 1(especially in relation to water, electricity, or gas) stop (or cause to stop) flowing. he was about to shut off the power Example sentencesExamples - About half an hour after the original blast, the power had been shut off, knocking out the supply to about 60 town centre premises, including banks and shops.
- The first was that there was a fire on a train at Romford and the power had been shut off.
- That's when it was determined - or somehow the electricity was shut off to the concert stage, and police officials announced that the crowd was immediately ordered to disperse.
- A fire in a sprinkler-equipped house is less likely to spread and cause the house to be an entire loss, but keep in mind that once a sprinkler starts spraying, it keeps spraying until the water is shut off.
- Monday I came home to a letter in my mailbox, advising all residents of my building that unless the water bill is paid in person by November 20th, the water will be shut off.
- I heard they bombed the power plant to black out the city, and that the water was shut off.
- The room lights have been shut off so that the room is relatively dimly lit.
- If a bathtub or shower is leaking, it is necessary to shut the water off at the main water shut-off and call your professional plumber.
- Well, the good news is, for me, my hot water has not been shut off, I still have my parking privileges so I'm grateful.
- When he was 30 metres away from the scene, the hydrant burst and he rushed to find a stop valve to shut the water off, which he managed to do after about ten minutes.
- 1.1Stop (or cause to stop) working.
the engines shut off automatically Example sentencesExamples - High quality heaters feature a tip-over safety switch, which automatically shuts the heater off if it should get knocked over.
- Darrius shut the engine off and leaned on the steering wheel, taking a good look at Prudence.
- An idle-stop function saves had by shutting the engine off during deceleration and when stopped, and regenerative braking supplies electricity to recharge the battery or to run the vehicle electric-only.
- As he shut the engine off, he heard a very loud scream.
- Because the intake system of the manifold was running cool air, all Feazell's team had to worry about was the resident heat after the engine was shut off.
- Then the job is done, and the generator engine is shut off, reluctantly, slowly it cranks down.
- She pulled into her driveway and shut the engine off.
- So you can save fuel by shutting off your engine.
- The furnace is equipped with a safety feature which automatically shuts it off when it gets too hot.
- Our trucks have a mechanism that automatically shuts the engine off if it's idling over the limit.
- 1.2Block the entrances and exits of something.
the six compartments were being shut off from each other Example sentencesExamples - The girl reaches up above her head, pulls down the metal blind that shuts the bar off from the rest of the room and locks it in place with the padlock.
- The new three-storey building is specially designed so parts of it can be shut off for community use in the evenings and weekends.
- The justly celebrated Rijksmuseum is still undergoing renovations, so most of it is shut off, with just a small collection of Dutch Old Masters available for viewing.
- Visitors have noted, with exasperation and frustration, that their gateways can be shut off by illegal street parking.
- Firefighters had problems getting to the basement because of the way it had been shut off from the rest of the house.
- Both the rear door and two side entrances were shut off from the outside world by neck-high wooden swing-doors.
- The exit and most of the room was shut off by a massive pile of metal and concrete.
Synonyms close off, seal off, tape off, fence off, rope off, screen off, curtain off, cordon off, partition off, separate off, isolate, segregate, blockade, quarantine
Isolate oneself from other people. I couldn't shut myself off forever Example sentencesExamples - I don't like it when people shut themselves off and keep others at arm's length.
- In an age where it is too easy to shut ourselves off to the world, it is refreshing to see that the public won't allow the pre-emptive agenda of politicians get in the way of its priorities.
- The director of the York branch of the Samaritans, said that farmers were suffering high stress levels because they were shutting themselves off from the world in a bid to stop the disease spreading.
- I'm not shutting myself off, I'm just taking a little time for myself.
- He literally just sat here rocking, shutting himself off from the world really.
- Imagine the feelings that course through you as you brew your tea and anticipate the pleasure of shutting yourself off from the world for an afternoon.
- Australia's health minister said that the country of 20 million people would shut itself off from the rest of the world if a human flu pandemic breaks out.
- She will shut herself off from the world around her, and stand for long periods flapping her hands.
- Hibernation is nature's way of shutting ourselves off as does growth a time to rest and recharge our energy.
- He struggled with alcohol and shut himself off to people.
shut someone/something out 1Screen someone or something from view. clouds shut out the stars Example sentencesExamples - Free and unfettered, the press can shut people out, ignore their views, or unfairly constrict debate.
- And so it grew and grew until the summit was shut out of view from the valley, and over the valley itself was an everextending canopy, opaque and grey.
Synonyms keep out, block out, screen, cover up, hide, conceal, veil - 1.1Block something from the mind.
anything he didn't like he shut out Example sentencesExamples - I tried to shut it out of my mind, sitting down under a tree and covering my ears as a crack of thunder erupted in my head.
- I've shut it out of my mind, because it was a violent, unpleasant, horrible and ugly experience.
- I thought the story had run its course and I shut royal affairs out of my mind.
- The tears slid down my cheeks and I closed my eyes to shut his face out of my mind.
- He shut his uncharacteristic anxiety out of his mind disdainfully.
- Students, staff, and faculty of the schools and colleges of the have been shut out of learning and conducting research by the oppressive military siege.
- A part of her first conversation with John came back to her, and her mind could not shut it out even though it desperately wanted to.
- Taking a deep breath, I shut the call out of my mind and pushed myself from the uncomfortable wooden chair to my feet.
- He had to shut the thoughts out of his mind as he suddenly came to grip with all the change engulfing him.
- But I had promised her that she had my blessing, so I tried to shut the issue out of my mind.
Synonyms block, suppress, halt, stop, forget
2Prevent something from occurring or someone from doing something. there was a high-mindedness which shut out any consideration of alternatives Example sentencesExamples - McDowall was inadvertently wrongly listed in the best actor rather than best supporting actor category at Academy Award nomination time, effectively shutting him out of consideration in either.
- The best officials usually don't know the final score; they officiate in a zone, where the crowd noise is shut out.
- She postponed medical school in the hopes of winning her first, but she entered the week facing the possibility she would be shut out.
- One agent says Boras is seething simply because he was shut out of the first round.
- The Indians were shut out three times in his first 14 starts and scored three runs or fewer in eight of them.
- In an increasingly bitter and acrimonious environment, rival groups have been using ‘no platform’ policies to shut their opponents out of university grounds.
- There's even talk that some of their summer league games will be on ESPN, after the team was shut out of national telecasts this past season.
- So Jim Carrey was shut out of Oscar consideration again this year.
- The pair put on 121 runs for the seventh wicket and went a long way in shutting India out of the game.
- South Africa had already guaranteed a spot in the finals but, aiming to shut the Australians out of the best-of-three finals series, abandoned the biggest run-chase of the series.
shut up (or shut someone up) often in imperativeStop (or cause someone to stop) talking. Example sentencesExamples - If you give to the government the power to shut up those you oppose, you're also giving them the power to shut you up too.
- If she nags, moans and whinges for Britain, a wedding ring might shut her up for five minutes, but it won't last.
- You love to talk, it's hard to shut you up, and you'll get in anybody's face who will hear you.
- She has the intestinal fortitude to get up and have a go after every effort has been made to shut her up and close her down.
- Catherine just rolled her eyes and put on her favorite video to shut her up.
- So I stuffed one of them in his mouth in the hopes of shutting him up.
- Please be forewarned that next time you sit behind us and ruin our movie experience, we will take loud and immediate action to shut you up and/or make you sit still.
- His only initial reason for doing it was to shut her up, to stop her from requesting impossible things from him.
- Harrison talks too much, and I can't wait to get in that ring and shut him up.
- I was kind enough to accept your apology, thinking it would shut you up and you would move on to bother someone else.
Synonyms be quiet, keep quiet, stay quiet, be silent, keep silent, stay silent, hold one's tongue, keep one's lips sealed quieten, quieten down, silence, hush, shush, quiet, still, gag, muzzle
Close all doors and windows of a building or room, typically because it will be unoccupied for some time. most of its stately rooms were shut up
Origin Old English scyttan 'put (a bolt) in position to hold fast', of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch schutten 'shut up, obstruct', also to shoot. Old English scyttan ‘put (a bolt) in position to hold fast’ is West Germanic in origin, related to Dutch schutten ‘shut up, obstruct’ and English shoot. The phrase get shut of for to ‘get rid of’ is found from around 1500. The colloquial shut up! is recorded from the mid 19th century.
Rhymes abut, but, butt, cut, glut, gut, hut, intercut, jut, Mut, mutt, phut, putt, rut, scut, shortcut, slut, smut, strut, tut, undercut Definition of shut in US English: shutverbʃətSHət [with object]1Move (something) into position so that it blocks an opening. she slammed the door shut Example sentencesExamples - Vincenzo closes and locks the door, and shuts the drapes.
- But the second seed shuts the door and moves into the semi-finals on her second match point.
- I ran into the house and slammed shut the sliding glass door.
- He shut the window, shut the blinds, and opened the door, all while little Giovanni was watching.
- He crawled back out of his bed and crossed him room to shut his bedroom door before pulling his T-shirt over his head and slipping out of his jeans.
- Just as the girl shut the door Yuki pulled herself upright and staggered to the bed.
- Brett said brusquely, shutting the passenger side door and hurrying around to open his own.
- They climb out of their dark, slick Mercedes silently, slamming the doors rather than shutting them.
- When they were no longer visible, Quentin moved to shut the door.
- The day I had closed the windows, shut the door, and walked away forever.
- Laughing, she ran for the bathroom and shut the door right before he slammed against it.
- Don't keep your bedroom door and windows shut all day long.
- The man, 27, dragged the terrified child into his house, locked the door, shut the curtains and pulled her to the floor, a court heard.
- ‘We will shut the door tonight and wake up in the morning with a smile on our faces,’ said coach Gary Parker.
- I shut my eyes and moved blindly forward, towards that door.
- The market was closed and homes were shut tight to the biting wind and rain.
- The sound of the front door opening and slamming shut a second later broke the silence between us.
- At four I got up and prowled the flat, checking doors and windows were shut, uncomfortable and alone.
- Xander snapped his head up when the front door was opened and shut a second later.
- He shuts his locker door, maybe a little more harshly than usual, and just kind of gives me this stare.
Synonyms close, draw to, pull to, push to, slam, fasten - 1.1no object (of something that can block an opening) move or be moved into position.
Example sentencesExamples - I entered the cubicle and locked the door shut behind me.
- I hurried on in and the doors shut just behind me, breathless in a kind of disbelief - I haven't had a train driver stop a train for me before.
- But as the door shuts lightly behind her, the words she's just spoken suddenly crash in Beth's mind.
- When I hear what students, purporting to study for English degrees, know and do not know nowadays, I seem to sense huge doors shutting quietly behind us.
- Vincent, who had not moved from where he lay, heard the door shut behind them and the room fall silent.
- The tour ends with a handshake and a door shut firmly behind me.
- Even today, I recall the clamp of the warm hand on my arm as soon as the front door shut behind me.
- With a soft grind the library's glass door slid shut behind us.
- When she went back to get the other two she found the door had shut behind her.
- As she leaves, I hear the door shutting behind her, and I am left once more with a silence haunted by my own failure.
- The broken flyscreen door shut slowly behind her as she let go of the rusted handle, scraping across the dusty fly filled verandah.
- Tommy stopped crying and the only thing that broke the unbearable silence of the place was the front door shutting loudly behind me.
- Rather, it was like leaving a cathedral and having the doors shut behind you.
- The doors shuts quietly behind her, a feature I wouldn't have expected with the likely temperament of this woman.
- Peer through the dusty glass and you might catch sight of the two thick yellow metal doors behind, jammed tightly shut with no obvious opening mechanism.
- The last thing I hear before the door shuts behind me is a laugh shared by the doctor and Jasmine.
- Then the figure walked out of the room, the door gently shutting behind it.
- As the door shut behind him, a thick, insulating blackness enfolded me.
- He stepped out to clean something, and the door banged shut behind him.
- She took one last look at the people still inside and then turned, stifling the tears and walked out, the door shutting behind her with a hollow click.
- 1.2 Block an opening into (something) by moving something into position.
he shut the box and locked it Example sentencesExamples - He shut the cellar door and we heard him push the boxes and rugs over it.
Synonyms fasten, secure, close up, lock, bolt, board up - 1.3shut itBritish informal in imperative Stop talking; be quiet.
Synonyms be quiet, keep quiet, stay quiet, be silent, keep silent, stay silent, hold one's tongue, keep one's lips sealed - 1.4 Keep (someone or something) in a place by closing something such as a door.
it was his own dog that he had accidentally shut outside Example sentencesExamples - He has been shut in closets, kitchen cabinets and, once, in our filing cabinet.
- Steve's convinced it was done by some ‘yobs’ outside and dismisses those who believe the door was blown shut by the wind.
- Christopher tip-toes to the closet and quietly shuts himself inside.
- What would you do if I shut you outside, to stand in the rain and catch cold so you died?
- He and his fellow guards handcuffed the men and took them outside, he closed the door shut, and the slaves were back to work.
- 1.5 Fold or bring together the sides of (something) so as to close it.
Example sentencesExamples - Jordan had looked up, suddenly, while instinctively shutting her sketch book.
- He gave the lid a strong push and then clasped the latch, shutting the trunk.
- You shut your biology book with a thud, and stared at him from across the table.
- The pages began to move, but Lombard shut the book before he could see what his question had conjured.
- Alex took pity on him, and shut his sketch book with a snap.
- 1.6 Prevent access to or along.
they ought to shut the path up to that terrible cliff Example sentencesExamples - New Road was shut until 8.45 am and queues of traffic built up back to The Causeway.
- He points out that landowners have weakened the case for shutting access, by allowing deer stalking from last week.
- Apart from inadequate links between London Euston and the North West, West Coat mainline services have been shut every weekend for months.
- The site will be shut to the public until Wednesday evening.
- Long Road was shut last Monday for emergency work on a cracked sewage trunk.
- It was thought the road would be shut until about 2pm.
- Even the fact that you can shut the Gaza Strip and prevent people from there going to their leader's funeral is not really right.
- The crossing is closed off by iron gates at either side of the railway track which are opened and shut by drivers as they pass through.
- The castle is surrounded by a metal fence, and all of the entrances to it are welded shut by some of his servants to prevent anyone from coming or going.
- The work at Longsight from August 23 to 31 means a vital link in the service will be shut for nine days.
- It is expected that the roads will be shut until at least 4pm today and that there will be major traffic congestion.
- Footpaths across North and East Yorkshire were shut - with businesses in York losing millions of pounds as tourists stayed away in droves.
- 1.7 Make or become unavailable for business or service, either permanently or until due to be open again; close.
we shut the shop for lunch no object the accident and emergency departments will shut Example sentencesExamples - The inquest heard the crossing is closed off by an iron gate either side of the railway track which are opened and shut by motorists as they pass through.
- As usual, shops will be shut Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
- Businesses that were shut in the afternoon have reopened, and it's looking like things are slowly getting back to normal.
- It will also shut is Canadian business tomorrow, and has chopped 25 staff.
- The wading pool has been shut but the swimming complex remains open.
- I think that bad zoos should be shut, but it is essential to keep open and well funded those which do vital conservation work open.
- Recently it announced plans to shut the Frenchay hospital, consolidating its acute services on its Southmead site.
- Councillors backed the principle of keeping Bardsea loos open while other sources of funding such as shutting Aldingham toilets were explored with the parish councils.
- The coffee shop at the rear of large bookshop in Oxford has been shut, but will soon be reopening as a Starbucks.
- And on Saturday customers bade an emotional farewell to butcher Stephen Smith, who shut his Leigh shop for the final time.
- As a threat, police officers noted the details of shops that were shut.
- Last year, the board announced it would be shutting the Scottish Churches Open College, which offers a range of diploma and degree courses.
- The 14 full-time teachers and other staff were told on Tuesday last week that the school would be shutting permanently in July.
- Rochdale Council's Education Department is proposing to shut Alf Kaufman School in Norden next September.
- That is not because the business will be shut, but because the business cannot afford to pay them on a public holiday, and it will come to other arrangements.
- The moment one shop opens, others that stay shut lose business.
- In an amazing show of respect, shops and businesses will shut for up to three hours - as a mark of respect and to allow staff to watch the funeral.
- Macys, which claims to be the world's biggest department store, was also shut for a time.
- State and local investigators blamed the accident on a maintenance error that left open a natural gas valve as the boiler was being shut for routine service.
- People worried a right of way to a primary school would be shut permanently have been reassured the closure is only temporary.
Phrases informal Be (or get) rid of. I'd be glad to be shut of him Example sentencesExamples - On the other hand, the President himself may wish he could be shut of it as an issue by summer, so that it doesn't become a burden to his re-election chances.
- If it was losing money, then I say get shut of it and spend the money on something more important, like players.
- But he finally got shut of the shop, enabling him to move out of the area, when the Mini-Mart and three-bedroom maisonette was sold.
- The room, darkened both by the sun's setting and the closed blinds, was shut of all noise and interference, save for the monitoring devices secured around the bed.
- Now, to get this groomed effect must take quite some effort, and a lot more time than just getting shut of it all.
- We used to wash the eggs and he'd get shut of them.
- That means every rag and tag merchant who can't afford enough guards of his own wants to attach himself to Kilthan's coattails, and, since the roads are open to all, we can't be shut of them.
- Surely the administration's desire to be shut of that country, at least in appearances before the November elections must play a part in these hopes.
- He wasn't alone or unique in his view that to be rid of milk would be to be shut of a whole lot of trouble for it was a product that in fact was eating up senior executive time and profits.
- Those poor lads must be relieved to be shut of me and my nagging.
Synonyms throw away, throw out, dispose of, get rid of, do away with, toss out, throw on the scrapheap, clear out, discard, remove, dispense with, lose, eliminate, dump, bin, jettison, shed, dismiss, expel, eject, weed out, root out
shut your face (or mouth or trap)! informal Used as a rude or angry way of telling someone to be quiet. Example sentencesExamples - You don't know anything about him, so shut your mouth!
- Just keep your eyes on the road and shut your mouth!
- Chris, I'll be gone in an hour and you and your friends can yell as much as you want, now shut your mouth!
- The operative is named Sam Fisher, and he is one bad mother (shut your mouth!).
- This advice only confuses me - should I tell the plant or Paul to ‘shut your trap!’
- Oh and one more thing, if anyone's the spoiled brat here it's you so shut your mouth!
- On that note, this letter shows that when such opinions are published, we, the readers, will respond with a united ‘shut your mouth!’
- John, for once in your life, shut your mouth!
- I'm about to push you into the pool if you don't shut your mouth!
- We're not getting the stuff all right, so just put on your seatbelt and shut your mouth!
Phrasal Verbs shut down (or shut something down) Cease (or cause something to cease) business or operation. the plant's operators decided to shut down the reactor Example sentencesExamples - Coke's operations were shut down in the early 90's during Somalia's civil war.
- Mining continued until the ore reserves were exhausted, and the operation was shut down 1 April 1925.
- Speaking to reporters, Endriartono said that loss-making businesses would be shut down, while profitable ones would be either acquired by the government or sold to the private sector.
- The bank's prominent embassy and international operations will be shut down in an attempt to bury a scandal that has the potential of becoming much larger.
- This follows last year's staff reduction of 25 per cent when overseas operations were shut down.
- Three sawmills were shut down during the operation and 33 people arrested, said Riau Police chief Brig.
- In 1957 the operation was shut down after producing 43,061,767 pounds of copper.
- The 50-year-old solicitor's career has been in tatters since he lost an appeal against conviction for being drunk and disorderly and his business was shut down.
- If a buyer isn't found, the businesses will be shut down.
- Stranded passengers seen outside Piarco International Airport, yesterday, after operations were shut down because of a bomb threat.
Synonyms cease activity, close, close down, cease production, cease operating, come to a halt, go on strike, cease trading, collapse, fail, crash, go under, go to the wall, go bankrupt, become insolvent, go into receivership, go into liquidation, be liquidated, be wound up, be closed, be closed down, be shut, be shut down close, close down, discontinue, put into receivership, liquidate, put into liquidation switch off, power down, stop, halt
shut someone/something in 1Keep someone or something inside a place by closing something such as a door. her parents shut her in an upstairs room Example sentencesExamples - But, as usual I ruin the possible best moment of my life by running inside and shutting the door in his face.
- The packing site in Claremorris will be the third facility to close, with plants in Foxfield and Carbury shutting their doors in recent months.
- With that, April roughly shut the door in their faces and marched directly to her parent's bedroom.
- I shut the horse in the stable and I closed my jacket over my bloody shirt.
- The doors closed, then, shutting me in a room with over a dozen Rris.
- Opening and shutting the car door in one shift motion, Mitch dove inside the car as he heard yells in the background.
- All the parents living in the neighborhood got together and resolved to shut her in her house.
- She quickly took her inside then shut the door in my face.
- Also in England, the £3.6m Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain in London's Hyde Park was shut in July after three people slipped and injured themselves inside the stone ring.
- He grabbed the ramp and pulled it up, closing it behind him until it shut him in and the only sound he could hear was that of his own ragged breath.
Synonyms confine, enclose, impound, shut up, pen, pen in, pen up, fence in, hedge in - 1.1Enclose or surround a place.
the village is shut in by the mountains on either side - 1.2Trap something by shutting a door or drawer on it.
you shut your finger in the door Example sentencesExamples - One ambulance crew member, who also asked not to be identified, said: ‘A three-year-old boy ripped his finger off by shutting it in the car door and it was put through as a non-priority.’
- And on a completely different subject (that of pain) I just shut my finger in a drawer while taking a pen out of it.
- ‘We can fold the buggy up if you like,’ Mr Upstairs said in a tone of voice which really meant, ‘I'd rather shut my fingers in the door than create any room for you.’
- She paused for a moment as though opening and shutting drawers in her head.
- Glorg had tried to shut the lid of the cigar box on Duke's fingers.
shut off (or shut something off) 1(used especially in relation to water, electricity, or gas) stop (or cause something to stop) flowing. he was about to shut off the power Example sentencesExamples - If a bathtub or shower is leaking, it is necessary to shut the water off at the main water shut-off and call your professional plumber.
- About half an hour after the original blast, the power had been shut off, knocking out the supply to about 60 town centre premises, including banks and shops.
- When he was 30 metres away from the scene, the hydrant burst and he rushed to find a stop valve to shut the water off, which he managed to do after about ten minutes.
- Well, the good news is, for me, my hot water has not been shut off, I still have my parking privileges so I'm grateful.
- The first was that there was a fire on a train at Romford and the power had been shut off.
- Monday I came home to a letter in my mailbox, advising all residents of my building that unless the water bill is paid in person by November 20th, the water will be shut off.
- That's when it was determined - or somehow the electricity was shut off to the concert stage, and police officials announced that the crowd was immediately ordered to disperse.
- I heard they bombed the power plant to black out the city, and that the water was shut off.
- The room lights have been shut off so that the room is relatively dimly lit.
- A fire in a sprinkler-equipped house is less likely to spread and cause the house to be an entire loss, but keep in mind that once a sprinkler starts spraying, it keeps spraying until the water is shut off.
- 1.1Stop (or cause to stop) working.
the engines shut off automatically Example sentencesExamples - Our trucks have a mechanism that automatically shuts the engine off if it's idling over the limit.
- As he shut the engine off, he heard a very loud scream.
- Because the intake system of the manifold was running cool air, all Feazell's team had to worry about was the resident heat after the engine was shut off.
- High quality heaters feature a tip-over safety switch, which automatically shuts the heater off if it should get knocked over.
- The furnace is equipped with a safety feature which automatically shuts it off when it gets too hot.
- An idle-stop function saves had by shutting the engine off during deceleration and when stopped, and regenerative braking supplies electricity to recharge the battery or to run the vehicle electric-only.
- Darrius shut the engine off and leaned on the steering wheel, taking a good look at Prudence.
- Then the job is done, and the generator engine is shut off, reluctantly, slowly it cranks down.
- So you can save fuel by shutting off your engine.
- She pulled into her driveway and shut the engine off.
- 1.2Block the entrances and exits of something.
the six compartments were being shut off from each other Example sentencesExamples - Both the rear door and two side entrances were shut off from the outside world by neck-high wooden swing-doors.
- The new three-storey building is specially designed so parts of it can be shut off for community use in the evenings and weekends.
- Visitors have noted, with exasperation and frustration, that their gateways can be shut off by illegal street parking.
- The exit and most of the room was shut off by a massive pile of metal and concrete.
- The girl reaches up above her head, pulls down the metal blind that shuts the bar off from the rest of the room and locks it in place with the padlock.
- Firefighters had problems getting to the basement because of the way it had been shut off from the rest of the house.
- The justly celebrated Rijksmuseum is still undergoing renovations, so most of it is shut off, with just a small collection of Dutch Old Masters available for viewing.
Synonyms close off, seal off, tape off, fence off, rope off, screen off, curtain off, cordon off, partition off, separate off, isolate, segregate, blockade, quarantine
Isolate oneself from other people. Example sentencesExamples - Hibernation is nature's way of shutting ourselves off as does growth a time to rest and recharge our energy.
- Imagine the feelings that course through you as you brew your tea and anticipate the pleasure of shutting yourself off from the world for an afternoon.
- She will shut herself off from the world around her, and stand for long periods flapping her hands.
- I don't like it when people shut themselves off and keep others at arm's length.
- He literally just sat here rocking, shutting himself off from the world really.
- I'm not shutting myself off, I'm just taking a little time for myself.
- The director of the York branch of the Samaritans, said that farmers were suffering high stress levels because they were shutting themselves off from the world in a bid to stop the disease spreading.
- Australia's health minister said that the country of 20 million people would shut itself off from the rest of the world if a human flu pandemic breaks out.
- In an age where it is too easy to shut ourselves off to the world, it is refreshing to see that the public won't allow the pre-emptive agenda of politicians get in the way of its priorities.
- He struggled with alcohol and shut himself off to people.
shut someone/something out 1Keep someone or something out of a place or situation. the door swung closed behind them, shutting out some of the noise Example sentencesExamples - It's like you shut them out every time you sit down behind your laptop.
- She entered the room and closed the door behind her, shutting Ryo out.
- 1.1Prevent an opponent from scoring in a game.
Example sentencesExamples - It was the first time Texas had been shut out in 282 games, but Oklahoma's domination goes a little deeper than that.
- In the last three innings, the Yankees were shut out by the magnificent pitching of Johnny Podres, bringing Brooklyn their first and only championship.
- Albion's defence was looking jaded probably as a result of playing three games in eight days but they scrambled well to shut Clayton out.
- The number of times the Mets were shut out in their first 11 games. The club's inability to plate runners in scoring position with less than two out wasted a string of excellent starts.
- They changed ends with a 13-5 lead but then proceeded to score 14 points in 10 minutes to effectively shut Windermere out of the game.
- Up a game, we looked like we had a good chance to win the series, but the Blackhawks shut us out in Chicago in Game 6, 4-0, and won Game 7 in Detroit, 4-2.
- The second half was much the same with Oakbank playing classy football and Wyke were shut out by solid defensive work from captain Nico Earwaker and Jordan Nurse.
- Stus, who took home a $4,500 check for his second-place finish, didn't take advantage of Winger's opens and left room for his opponent to shut him out.
- Players may conspire to single out an opponent and ‘steal’ as many of their cards as possible to quickly shut them out of the game.
- Recent sensational goals and midfield performances have been a timely reminder of what was meant to be and whoever Jol decides on as his central midfield duo will have to shut him out of the game.
- 1.2Screen someone or something from view.
clouds shut out the stars Example sentencesExamples - And so it grew and grew until the summit was shut out of view from the valley, and over the valley itself was an everextending canopy, opaque and grey.
- Free and unfettered, the press can shut people out, ignore their views, or unfairly constrict debate.
Synonyms keep out, block out, screen, cover up, hide, conceal, veil - 1.3Prevent something from occurring.
there was a high-mindedness that shut out any consideration of alternatives Example sentencesExamples - She postponed medical school in the hopes of winning her first, but she entered the week facing the possibility she would be shut out.
- South Africa had already guaranteed a spot in the finals but, aiming to shut the Australians out of the best-of-three finals series, abandoned the biggest run-chase of the series.
- In an increasingly bitter and acrimonious environment, rival groups have been using ‘no platform’ policies to shut their opponents out of university grounds.
- The Indians were shut out three times in his first 14 starts and scored three runs or fewer in eight of them.
- So Jim Carrey was shut out of Oscar consideration again this year.
- One agent says Boras is seething simply because he was shut out of the first round.
- There's even talk that some of their summer league games will be on ESPN, after the team was shut out of national telecasts this past season.
- The best officials usually don't know the final score; they officiate in a zone, where the crowd noise is shut out.
- The pair put on 121 runs for the seventh wicket and went a long way in shutting India out of the game.
- McDowall was inadvertently wrongly listed in the best actor rather than best supporting actor category at Academy Award nomination time, effectively shutting him out of consideration in either.
- 1.4Block something such as a painful memory from the mind.
anything he didn't like he shut out Example sentencesExamples - He shut his uncharacteristic anxiety out of his mind disdainfully.
- Students, staff, and faculty of the schools and colleges of the have been shut out of learning and conducting research by the oppressive military siege.
- The tears slid down my cheeks and I closed my eyes to shut his face out of my mind.
- I tried to shut it out of my mind, sitting down under a tree and covering my ears as a crack of thunder erupted in my head.
- He had to shut the thoughts out of his mind as he suddenly came to grip with all the change engulfing him.
- I thought the story had run its course and I shut royal affairs out of my mind.
- But I had promised her that she had my blessing, so I tried to shut the issue out of my mind.
- Taking a deep breath, I shut the call out of my mind and pushed myself from the uncomfortable wooden chair to my feet.
- I've shut it out of my mind, because it was a violent, unpleasant, horrible and ugly experience.
- A part of her first conversation with John came back to her, and her mind could not shut it out even though it desperately wanted to.
Synonyms block, suppress, halt, stop, forget
shut up (or shut someone up) often in imperativeStop (or cause someone to stop) talking. I lifted a finger slightly to shut him up Example sentencesExamples - You love to talk, it's hard to shut you up, and you'll get in anybody's face who will hear you.
- If you give to the government the power to shut up those you oppose, you're also giving them the power to shut you up too.
- I was kind enough to accept your apology, thinking it would shut you up and you would move on to bother someone else.
- Harrison talks too much, and I can't wait to get in that ring and shut him up.
- So I stuffed one of them in his mouth in the hopes of shutting him up.
- Catherine just rolled her eyes and put on her favorite video to shut her up.
- His only initial reason for doing it was to shut her up, to stop her from requesting impossible things from him.
- If she nags, moans and whinges for Britain, a wedding ring might shut her up for five minutes, but it won't last.
- She has the intestinal fortitude to get up and have a go after every effort has been made to shut her up and close her down.
- Please be forewarned that next time you sit behind us and ruin our movie experience, we will take loud and immediate action to shut you up and/or make you sit still.
Synonyms be quiet, keep quiet, stay quiet, be silent, keep silent, stay silent, hold one's tongue, keep one's lips sealed quieten, quieten down, silence, hush, shush, quiet, still, gag, muzzle
Close all doors and windows of a building or room, typically because it will be unoccupied for some time.
Origin Old English scyttan ‘put (a bolt) in position to hold fast’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch schutten ‘shut up, obstruct’, also to shoot. |