Definition of shut

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Shut (a.) Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are..

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Shut :: Shut (a.) Closed or fastened; as, a shut door..
Doorcase :: Doorcase (n.) The surrounding frame into which a door shuts.
Diptych :: Diptych (n.) A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
Shut :: Shut (a.) Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person..
Shuttlecock :: Shuttlecock (n.) A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself..
Coop :: Coop (v. t.) To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in..
Hinder :: Hinder (a.) To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.
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..
Weaving :: Weaving (n.) An incessant motion of a horse's head, neck, and body, from side to side, fancied to resemble the motion of a hand weaver in throwing the shuttle..
Impark :: Impark (v. t.) To inclose for a park; to sever from a common; hence, to inclose or shut up..
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..
Rib :: Rib (v. t.) To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in..
Seclude :: Seclude (v. t.) To shut or keep out; to exclude.
Badminton :: Badminton (n.) A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks..
Blink :: Blink (v. i.) To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes..
Shuttlewise :: Shuttlewise (adv.) Back and forth, like the movement of a shuttle..
Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp..
Sill :: Sill (n.) A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
Outshut :: Outshut (v. t.) To shut out.
Deadlight :: Deadlight (n.) A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm..
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