Definition of shut

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Shut (v. t.) 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..

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Pullback :: Pullback (n.) The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut, or to hold it party open at a fixed point..
Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
Chamber :: Chamber (v. t.) To shut up, as in a chamber..
Seclude :: Seclude (v. t.) To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others..
Incaverned :: Incaverned (a.) Inclosed or shut up as in a cavern.
Shut :: Shut (a.) 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..
Shutting :: Shutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shu.
Cage :: Cage (v. i.) To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine..
Up :: Up (adv.) To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite; as, in the phrases to eat up; to drink up; to burn up; to sum up; etc.; to shut up the eyes or the mouth; to sew up a rent..
Doorcase :: Doorcase (n.) The surrounding frame into which a door shuts.
Shut :: Shut (n.) The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.
Blink :: Blink (v. i.) To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes..
Frank :: Frank (v. t.) To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten..
Air-tight :: Air-tight (n.) A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off.
Prison :: Prison (v. t.) To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty..
Crib :: Crib (v. t.) To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
Slam :: Slam (v. i.) To come or swing against something, or to shut, with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise; as, a door or shutter slams..
Shuttlecock :: Shuttlecock (n.) A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself..
Pick :: Pick (n.) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch..
Shut :: Shut (a.) Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person..
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