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Meanings of shut in in English

Catalan
envoltar
Spanish
encerrar

Surround completely.

        envoltar
        Usage of shut in in English
        1
        It was lifted up high above the town; shut in; utterly secluded.
        The Tree of Heaven
        2
        It was rather dark in the flat, shut in as it was.
        Sister Carrie: A Novel
        3
        The day shut in and the khansamah went to get me food.
        The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
        4
        And thus the man-eater was shut in with the three sleeping men.
        From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
        5
        Behind stretch the marshes, and the place is shut in and desolate.
        The Black Douglas
        6
        Nora had dosed the door behind her to shut in the voices.
        Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903
        7
        It was an ideal spot, shut in from all the world beyond.
        The Ghost of Guir House
        8
        Rinaldo was shut in with the beast, and a terrible combat ensued.
        Legends of Charlemagne
        9
        On the land side they were shut in without hope of expansion.
        Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary
        10
        You see one can get shut in till the next low water.
        The Spanish Chest
        11
        He acted as if the door had been shut in his face.
        Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building...
        12
        He was shut in a room and fed by a hired keeper.
        Lazarre
        13
        He was shut in the kitchen, to keep him out of mischief.
        Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 17, April 26, 1914
        14
        There were compensations for being shut in to daily toil so early.
        A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory (Beverly, MA)
        15
        He felt as if a door had been shut in his face.
        The Tides of Barnegat
        16
        Nan felt as though a door had been shut in her face.
        The Moon out of Reach
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        Translations for shut in
        Shut in through the time
        Shut in across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        Australia
        Common
        United States of America
        Common
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