Shut Synonyms & Definitions

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• ShutDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A door or cover; a shutter.
2. (imp. & p. p.) of Shut
3. (n.) The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.
4. (v. t.) To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut ones eyes or mouth.
5. (a.) Closed or fastened; as, a shut door.
6. (n.) The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.
7. (a.) Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are.
8. (v. t.) To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book.
9. (v. t.) To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
10. (v. t.) To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade.
11. (a.) Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person.
12. (v. i.) To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.
13. (a.) Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g.

• ShuttlecockDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (v. t.) To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words.
2. (n.) A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.