vverb.socialcease to operate or cause to cease operatingSynset:close close down fold shut down
Examples:- The owners decided to move and to close the factory
- My business closes every night at 8 P.M.
- close up the shop
Antonyms:open
Derivationally Related Form:closeclosingcloserclosedownshutdownclosure
Inherited Hypernyms:close up
Direct Hyponyms:adjournretirewithdraw
Full Troponyms:adjournprorogue
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | The business is going to --- (apply to: shut down, close, close down, fold)
vverb.contactblock passage throughSynset:block impede jam obstruct obturate occlude
Antonyms:free
Derivationally Related Form:obstructorocclusionblockingocclusiveimpedimentobstructiveobstructionobstructerobturator
Hypernyms:hinder impede
Inherited Hypernyms:obstructimpedeprevent
Direct Hyponyms:asphyxiateback upbarbarricadebarricadoblockblock offblock outblock upblockadechokechoke offclogclog upcongestdamdam upearth upfoulland upscreenstiflestopsuffocatetie up
Full Troponyms:barricadeblockadeclogclosecrap updamgum upland upscreenshadeshut offsilt upstuffsuffocatetie up
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.contactunite or bring into contact or bring together the edges ofSynset:close
Examples:- close the circuit
- close a wound
- close a book
- close up an umbrella
Derivationally Related Form:closing
Hypernyms:join
Inherited Hypernyms:close upjoinconnect
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.communicationrefuse to talk or stop talking; fall silentSynset:be quiet belt up button up clam up dummy up keep mum shut up
Examples:- The children shut up when their father approached
Antonyms:open up
Inherited Hypernyms:close up
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
advadv.allvery closeSynset:at close range
Examples:- without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up
- even firing at close range he missed
Inherited Hypernyms:close up