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Definition of shut-in in English: shut-innoun 1North American A person confined indoors, especially as a result of either physical or mental disability. she volunteered to visit the sick and the shut-ins Example sentencesExamples - At first she was bedridden and then progressed into a wheelchair, but she remained a shut-in.
- On the other hand, and this is especially true of shut-ins who tend to watch more television, there's still a large number of people who feel thrilled or blessed with the nonstop stimulus.
- Help a friend's child with homework, or visit an elderly shut-in.
- Emma and Erna go regularly to thrift store at the Lutheran Church, and buy for the sick and shut-in or anyone else they think just might need a treasure they spy.
- Or maybe you can visit a sick friend or bring a meal to a shut-in.
- I'm finding I don't have much to write about after a week of being a sick shut-in.
- John Brown, perennial shut-in, spends a lot of time indoors.
- Kennedy has also helped abolish the poll tax, liberalize immigration laws, fund cancer research and create the Meals on Wheels program for shut-ins and the elderly.
- She still found time to attend protest rallies and visit shut-ins in her congregation twice a week.
- I didn't think it was a good idea to mention it to her - she doesn't seem to require much encouragement to become a shut-in.
- This plan was a particularly bright idea by one of our politicians who compared it to the Meals on Wheels scheme which brings food to elderly shut-ins in the USA.
- At the Westmoreland Multi-Service Center, a senior center in Mt. Pleasant, director Irene Smith helped to prepare more than 50 meals for seniors and shut-ins.
- Donated food from the cafeteria was delivered to shut-ins who could not make it to the emergency shelter.
- The old, especially those who are too weak to take walks outside, have become shut-ins.
- The program's primary aim is to assist elderly shut-ins, mentally challenged persons and drug abusers.
- Many Sunday mornings were spent with Mom making devotional house visitations for the shut-ins.
- I just love talking to these shut-ins who call you.
- I'm actually moved when I think of how much joy I can bring into the life of this well-to-do, wheelchair-bound shut-in.
- Despite his own self-diagnosis, he's not a shut-in.
- During Klondike Days, the association produces a touring Klondike Revue that performs approximately 35 shows to seniors and shut-ins.
2A state or period in which an oil or gas well has available but unused capacity. Example sentencesExamples - He notes that these shut-in wells take approximately 8 months to bring on stream.
- The federal Minerals Management Service said less than 1% of annual production in the region has been shut-in as a result of rig and platform evacuations related to Emily.
- There still remain 205,000 barrels of oil per day shut-in and 700 mmcf/d of natural gas offline.
Definition of shut-in in US English: shut-innounˈʃəd ˌɪnˈSHəd ˌin 1North American A person confined indoors, especially as a result of physical or mental disability. she volunteered to visit the sick and the shut-ins Example sentencesExamples - I'm actually moved when I think of how much joy I can bring into the life of this well-to-do, wheelchair-bound shut-in.
- Emma and Erna go regularly to thrift store at the Lutheran Church, and buy for the sick and shut-in or anyone else they think just might need a treasure they spy.
- This plan was a particularly bright idea by one of our politicians who compared it to the Meals on Wheels scheme which brings food to elderly shut-ins in the USA.
- I didn't think it was a good idea to mention it to her - she doesn't seem to require much encouragement to become a shut-in.
- Many Sunday mornings were spent with Mom making devotional house visitations for the shut-ins.
- John Brown, perennial shut-in, spends a lot of time indoors.
- Help a friend's child with homework, or visit an elderly shut-in.
- The old, especially those who are too weak to take walks outside, have become shut-ins.
- The program's primary aim is to assist elderly shut-ins, mentally challenged persons and drug abusers.
- At the Westmoreland Multi-Service Center, a senior center in Mt. Pleasant, director Irene Smith helped to prepare more than 50 meals for seniors and shut-ins.
- During Klondike Days, the association produces a touring Klondike Revue that performs approximately 35 shows to seniors and shut-ins.
- Kennedy has also helped abolish the poll tax, liberalize immigration laws, fund cancer research and create the Meals on Wheels program for shut-ins and the elderly.
- Despite his own self-diagnosis, he's not a shut-in.
- She still found time to attend protest rallies and visit shut-ins in her congregation twice a week.
- Or maybe you can visit a sick friend or bring a meal to a shut-in.
- I'm finding I don't have much to write about after a week of being a sick shut-in.
- At first she was bedridden and then progressed into a wheelchair, but she remained a shut-in.
- I just love talking to these shut-ins who call you.
- Donated food from the cafeteria was delivered to shut-ins who could not make it to the emergency shelter.
- On the other hand, and this is especially true of shut-ins who tend to watch more television, there's still a large number of people who feel thrilled or blessed with the nonstop stimulus.
2A state or period in which an oil or gas well has available but unused capacity. Example sentencesExamples - He notes that these shut-in wells take approximately 8 months to bring on stream.
- There still remain 205,000 barrels of oil per day shut-in and 700 mmcf/d of natural gas offline.
- The federal Minerals Management Service said less than 1% of annual production in the region has been shut-in as a result of rig and platform evacuations related to Emily.
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