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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024shut-in /adj. ˈʃʌtˈɪn; n. ˈʃʌtˌɪn/USA pronunciation adj. - Medicinekept in or unable to leave one's home, a hospital, etc., as from illness:a shut-in, elderly patient.
n. [countable] - Medicineone forced to remain in a house, a hospital, etc., because of illness:He promised to visit all the many shut-ins.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024shut-in (shut′in′),USA pronunciation adj. - Medicineconfined to one's home, a hospital, etc., as from illness.
- Psychiatrydisposed to desire solitude;
withdrawn;
asocial. - Mining, Energy(of an oil or gas well) temporarily sealed up.
n. - Medicinea person confined by infirmity or disease to the house, a hospital, etc.
- EnergyAlso called shut′-in well′. an oil or gas well that has been closed down.
- adjective, adjectival, noun, nominal use of verb, verbal phrase shut in 1840–50, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: shut-in n - chiefly US Canadian a person confined indoors by illness
- (as modifier): a shut-in patient
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