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Meanings of shut in English

Portuguese
fechado
Catalan
tancat
Spanish
cerrado

Not open.

Related terms
fechado
Catalan
privar
Spanish
excluir

Prevent from entering; shut out.

privar
Portuguese
cerrar
Catalan
cloure
Spanish
concluir

Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut.

Related terms
cerrar
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Examples for "close"
Examples for "close"
1
Even so, Moldova's parliamentary majority and government remain close allies of Europe.
Reuters
2
However, FMC said it still expects the deal to close this year.
Reuters
3
The result of that saw many companies close and numerous jobs lost.
The South African
4
Aid groups say health services across the country are close to collapse.
Reuters
5
As a result, the government lost just over close to R16 million.
The South African
Usage of shut in English
1
The shut-down of the UK's power station capacity extends beyond nuclear power.
BBC
2
It was lifted up high above the town; shut in; utterly secluded.
The Tree of Heaven
3
In effect, it shut the field against simple merit; anyhow, discouraged it.
The Romance of a Pro-Consul / Being the Personal Life and Memoir...
4
Doors opened and shut; voices murmured; quick feet sounded on the stairs.
Queed: A Novel
5
Jean flew to the window; it was shut and the shutters bolted.
Pierre and Jean
6
The nurse pulled her in and shut the door of the house.
In the Wilderness
7
From shut-in recluse mechanic to partying shamanic police detective within a year.
Walking dead
8
Good night; for I shall shut myself in at the same time.
The School for Husbands
9
You know the children were in the house and the door shut.
The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw; Or, In the Wake of War
10
The great hills shut him in from the sight of the sea.
The Squire of Sandal-Side: A Pastoral Romance
11
Josef received progress reports as his engineers explored the cold, shut-down facilities.
Sisterhood of Dune
12
They had shut themselves up in the dining-room, in the yellow-ochreish light.
Mary Olivier: a Life
13
It was rather dark in the flat, shut in as it was.
Sister Carrie: A Novel
14
Then silence; and some one entered the room and shut the door.
Nights in London
15
The arms shut up in the arsenals were distributed among the populace.
World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France
16
He shut the door on the human animal in its lonely struggle.
Clayhanger
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Translations for shut
Shut through the time
Shut across language varieties
Canada
Common
Australia
Common
United States of America
Common
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