close² /klōz/

1. To complete, conclude
2. To end, terminate
3. To block, make impassable or impenetrable
4. To forbid access to
5. To place (a door, etc) so as to cover an opening, to shut
6. To put an end to discussion of
7. To cease operating or trading
8. To make close, draw or bring together, narrow
9. To unite
10. To approach or pass near to

1. To come to an end
2. To cease operating or trading
3. To come together
4. To unite
5. To narrow
6. To grapple
7. To agree (with)
8. (of currency, a financial index, etc) to measure or be worth (a specified figure) at the end of the day's business (with at)

1. The manner or time of closing
2. A pause or stop
3. A cadence
4. The end
5. A junction, union
6. An encounter, a conflict (Shakespeare)

closed adjective

1. Shut
2. Blocked
3. Not open to traffic
4. With permanent sides and top
5. Having a lid, cover, etc
6. Exclusive, having few contacts outside itself, eg a closed community
7. Not open to all, restricted
8. Continuous and finishing where it began

closˈer noun

1. Someone or something that concludes
2. Any portion of a brick used to close up the bond next to the end brick of a course (building)
3. A pitcher who specializes in defending a lead late in the game (baseball)

closˈing noun

1. Enclosing
2. Ending
3. Coming together, agreement

closˈure noun

1. The act of closing
2. Something that closes or fastens
3. The end
4. The ending of a parliamentary debate by a member calling for a vote
5. A feeling of satisfaction or resignation when a particular episode has come to an end

To apply the closure to (a parliamentary debate)

closed book noun (figurative)

1. A mystery, something about which one knows or understands nothing
2. A subject or matter that has been concluded and which is no longer for consideration, discussion, etc

closed-chainˈ adjective (chem)

Having a molecule in which the atoms are linked ringwise, like a chain with the ends united

closed circuit noun

1. An electrical circuit in which current flows when voltage is applied
2. A television system in which the transmission is restricted to a limited number of screens connected to the television camera by cables, etc (also closed-circuit television)

closed community noun (ecology)

A plant community that is so dense that no new species can colonize

closed couplet noun (prosody)

Two metrical lines whose grammatical structure and sense concludes at the end of the second line

closed-doorˈ see behind closed doors below.

closed-endˈ adjective

1. Having fixed limits
2. (of an investment trust) offering shares up to a limited number

closed-inˈ adjective

Claustrophobically enclosed

closed-loopˈ adjective

Denoting a computer system in which performance is controlled by comparing output with an expected standard

closedown see close down below.

closed population noun (biology)

A population in which there is no new gene input from outside and in which mutation is the only source of genetic variation

closed scholarship noun

A scholarship open only to those candidates able to fulfil certain criteria, such as attendance at a particular school, etc

closed set noun (mathematics)

A set in which the result of combining any two members of the set using a given operation always results in a member of the original set

closed shop noun

1. An establishment in which only members of a trade union, or of a particular trade union, will be employed
2. The principle or policy implied in such a regulation

closed syllable noun (phonetics)

One ending in a consonant

closing date noun

The date by which something must be submitted, completed, etc

closing price noun

The value of shares on the stockmarket when business stops for the day

closing time noun

The time at which business stops, esp in public houses

behind closed doors

In private, the public being excluded, as in court cases, committee meetings, etc (closed-doorˈ adjective)

close a bargain

To come to an agreement

close down

1. To come to a standstill or stoppage of work
2. (esp in team games, eg football) to slow the pace of a game and prevent the opposition from making any attacking manoeuvres
3. (of a television or radio station) to end a period of broadcasting
4. (of a business) to cease trading (closeˈdown noun)

close in

(of days) to contain a progressively shorter period of daylight, as between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice

• impound
• impoundable
• impoundage
• impoundages
• impounded
• impounder
• impounders
• impounding
• impoundment
• impoundments
• impounds
• impoverish
• impoverished
• impoverishes
• impoverishing
• impoverishment
• impoverishments
• impracticability
• impracticable
• impracticableness
• impracticably
• impractical
• impracticalities
• impracticality
• impractically