1. shut - Noun
2. shut - Adjective
3. shut - Verb
of Shut
To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.
To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade.
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.
To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.
Closed or fastened; as, a shut door.
Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person.
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.
Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are.
The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.
A door or cover; a shutter.
The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOne of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts. C. S. Lewis
It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt. Mark Twain
Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse. Ambrose
No fly gets into a shut mouth. Spanish Proverb
At an auction keep your mouth shut. Spanish Proverb
Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut. Korean Proverb