shut
Meaning of shut
verb
- move (something) into position so as to block an opening; close.
shut the window, please
she shut her lips tight
she slammed the door shut
- make (something) unavailable for business or service, either permanently or until due to be open again.
we shut the shop for lunch
Old English scyttan ‘put (a bolt) in position to hold fast’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch schutten ‘shut up, obstruct’, also to shoot.
Information about shut
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of shut is: shuts.
- Languages in which shut is used:
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Hyphenation of shut
shut
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- shut is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
shut synonyms
Meaning unopen:
Meaning closed:
Meaning close:
Meaning exclude:
Meaning shut (a door, window, or lid) forcefully and loudly:
Meaning close or do up securely:
Meaning fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars:
Meaning fasten or secure (something) with a lock:
Meaning fasten (a door or gate) with a latch:
Meaning secure with a padlock:
Meaning make (a door or container) hard to open; fasten or lock:
Meaning fasten or close securely:
shut antonyms
Meaning move (a door or window) so as to leave a space allowing access and vision:
Meaning undo the lock of (something), typically with a key:
Translation of shut
- Spanish: cerrar
- Portuguese: cerrar, fechar
- Italian: chiudere, chiudersi
- French: fermer
- German: schließen, zumachen
Anagrams of shut
Words that rhyme with shut
Landshut, reshut, cockshut, unshut, upshut, undershut, watershut, outshut, cowshut, windowshut
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