shut

shut1 [ ʃʌt ] (past tense and past participle shut) verb ***

1. ) transitive to close something, for example a door, window, or drawer:

Please shut the door behind you.

Shut the gate or the dog will get out.

Don't worry about the curtains, I'll shut them later.

a ) intransitive if something such as a door or window shuts, it closes:

I heard the front door shut.

b ) transitive if you shut a book or magazine, you close it so you only see the cover:

Sandra shut the book and set it on the table.

c ) intransitive or transitive if you shut your eyes or they shut, you close them so you cannot see, often to avoid seeing something unpleasant

d ) intransitive or transitive if you shut your mouth or it shuts, you press your lips together

2. ) intransitive or transitive BRITISH INFORMAL to close a business at the end of the working day or for a short period of time:

Let's shut the shop early tonight.

shut your ears to something

to refuse to listen to something, usually something bad

shut your eyes to something

to refuse to pay attention to something, usually something bad

shut it BRITISH IMPOLITE

an offensive way of telling someone to stop talking

shut your mouth/face/trap IMPOLITE

an offensive way of telling someone to stop talking

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,shut a`way phrasal verb transitive

to put someone in a place where they are kept apart from other people

,shut `down phrasal verb

1. ) intransitive or transitive if a store, school, factory, or business shuts down, or someone shuts it down, it closes, usually permanently

2. ) intransitive or transitive if a machine or computer shuts down, or someone shuts it down, it stops operating

3. ) transitive INFORMAL to stop someone from doing something, especially to stop a player from having the freedom to move around or play well

,shut `in phrasal verb transitive

to put a person or animal in a place that they cannot leave

,shut `off phrasal verb

1. ) intransitive or transitive if a machine shuts off or someone shuts it off, it stops working:

How do I shut off this car alarm?

2. ) transitive to stop the flow of something, usually water or electricity

3. ) transitive if a person or community is shut off, they do not see or meet other people:

Sally shut herself off from the rest of the team.

,shut `out phrasal verb transitive

1. ) if you shut something out, you stop yourself from seeing it, hearing it, or thinking about it:

He closed the door to shut out the sound of the rain.

I tried to shut the incident out of my mind.

2. ) to not allow someone to enter a particular place

3. ) AMERICAN in sports, to win and not allow the other team to score any points

,shut `out of phrasal verb transitive usually passive

shut someone out of something if someone is shut out of something, they are not allowed to do it or be involved in it:

For years, women were shut out of the top ranks of the industry.

,shut `up phrasal verb

1. ) intransitive often in imperative IMPOLITE to stop talking or making a noise:

Why don't you shut up?

shut up about: I wish he'd shut up about his holiday.

a ) transitive shut someone up IMPOLITE to make someone stop talking or making a noise:

Can't you shut the kids up for just five minutes?

2. ) transitive to keep someone in a small area for a specific purpose:

Many students shut themselves up in their rooms to study.

3. ) transitive to close a building so that people cannot enter or leave it

shut up shop INFORMAL

to close a business, either permanently or at the end of the working day

shut

shut 2 [ ʃʌt ] adjective not usually before noun

closed:

With the door shut, the room was hot and humid.

She squeezed her eyes shut, hoping he would just go away.

She heard the bedroom window blow shut.

a. BRITISH closed and not open for business:

Are all the bars shut in this town?

keep your mouth shut IMPOLITE

an offensive way of telling someone not to talk about something