shut

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1. shut - Noun

2. shut - Adjective

3. shut - Verb

Meaning

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.

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One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts. C. S. Lewis

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

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