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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: shut up vb (adverb)- (transitive) to prevent all access to
- (transitive) to confine or imprison
- informal to cease to talk or make a noise or cause to cease to talk or make a noise: often used in commands
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024shut /ʃʌt/USA pronunciation v., shut, shut•ting, adj. v. - to (cause to) become closed: [~ + object]Shut the door.[no object]The doors shut quickly behind him.
- to close the doors of: [~ (+ up) + object]to shut (up) a house for the night.[~ + object (+ up)]to shut a house (up) for the winter.
- to close by bringing together the parts of:[~ + object]Shut your book.
- to confine;
enclose:[~ + object]to shut a bird into a cage. - to bar;
keep out; exclude:[~ + object]They shut him from their circle. - to (cause to) end or suspend operations: [~ + object]shutting the office for two weeks.[no object]The stores shut at noon.
- shut down, to suspend the operation of (something): [no object]The automobile plant shut down last year.[~ + down + object]They shut down the automobile plant last year.[~ + object + down]They shut the plant down.
- shut off:
- to stop the passage of: [~ + off + object]He shut off the flow of water.[~ + object + off]to shut the electricity off.
- [~ + object + off] to isolate;
separate:The storm shut the island off from the mainland.
- shut out:
- [~ + object + out] to keep from entering;
exclude:to shut someone out of the club. - to prevent (an opponent or opposing team) from scoring: [~ + out + object]The pitcher shut out the last two teams.[~ + object + out]She shut them out.
- shut up:
- to imprison;
confine: [~ + object + up]They shut the prisoners up in a tiny room.[~ + up + object]to shut up the prisoners in a tiny room. - to close entirely: [~ + up + object]They shut up their store for vacation.[~ + object + up]to shut the old house up until it was sold.
- [no object] to stop talking;
become silent:After nearly twenty minutes he finally shut up. - [~ + object + up] to stop (someone) from talking;
silence (someone):Will somebody please shut her up?
adj. - closed;
fastened up:a shut door. Idioms- Idioms shut one's eyes to, [~ + object] to refuse to accept or acknowledge:He shut his eyes to all the crime in his old neighborhood.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024shut (shut),USA pronunciation v., shut, shut•ting, adj., n. v.t. - to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
- to close the doors of (often fol. by up):to shut up a shop for the night.
- to close (something) by bringing together or folding its parts:Shut your book. Shut the window!
- to confine;
enclose:to shut a bird into a cage. - to bar;
exclude:They shut him from their circle. - to cause (a business, factory, store, etc.) to end or suspend operations:He shut his store, sold his house, and moved away. We're shutting the office for two weeks in June.
- to bolt;
bar. v.i. - to become shut or closed;
close. - shut down:
- to settle over so as to envelop or darken:The fog shut down rapidly.
- to close, esp. temporarily, as a factory;
cease manufacturing or business operations. - Informal TermsAlso, shut down on or upon. to hinder;
check; stop.
- shut in:
- to enclose.
- to confine, as from illness:She broke her leg in a fall and has been shut in for several weeks.
- shut off:
- to stop the passage of (water, traffic, electricity, etc.);
close off. - to isolate;
separate:an outpost almost completely shut off from civilization.
- shut out:
- to keep from entering;
exclude. - to hide from view.
- to prevent (an opponent or opposing team) from scoring, as in a game of baseball.
- shut up:
- to imprison;
confine. - to close entirely.
- to stop talking;
become silent:I thought the neighbors would never shut up and let me sleep. - to stop (someone) from talking;
silence.
adj. - closed;
fastened up:a shut door. - Phoneticschecked.
- Informal Terms shut of, free of;
rid of:He wished he were shut of all his debts. n. - the act or time of shutting or closing.
- Metallurgythe line where two pieces of welded metal are united.
- bef. 1000; Middle English schutten, Old English scyttan to bolt (a door); akin to shoot
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See close.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged jail, imprison, cage.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged prohibit.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged open.
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