Definition of shut

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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..

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Battledoor :: Battledoor (n.) An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock..
Shut :: Shut (imp. & p. p.) of Shu.
Picker :: Picker (n.) The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp..
Sneezing :: Sneezing (n.) The act of violently forcing air out through the nasal passages while the cavity of the mouth is shut off from the pharynx by the approximation of the soft palate and the base of the tongue.
Dam :: Dam (v. t.) To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.
Blink :: Blink (v. t.) To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question..
Doorcase :: Doorcase (n.) The surrounding frame into which a door shuts.
Stopper :: Stopped (a.) Made by complete closure of the mouth organs; shut; -- said of certain consonants (p, b, t, d, etc.)..
Excommunion :: Excommunion () A shutting out from communion; excommunication.
Shittlecock :: Shittlecock (n.) A shuttlecock.
Cub :: Cub (v. t.) To shut up or confine.
Compinge :: Compinge (v. t.) To compress; to shut up.
Shuttered :: Shuttered (a.) Furnished with shutters.
Pent :: Pent (v. t.) Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up.
Close :: Close (n.) To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door..
Shutter :: Shutter (n.) One who shuts or closes.
Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter..
Outshut :: Outshut (v. t.) To shut out.
Cockshut :: Cockshut (n.) A kind of net to catch woodcock.
Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.
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