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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Blockade :: Blockade (n.) Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress..
Conclave :: Conclave (n.) The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals..
Clausure :: Clausure (n.) The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.
Shut :: Shut (v. i.) To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard..
Inclose :: Inclose (v. t.) To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls..
Unshet :: Unshet (v. t.) To unshut.
Seel :: Seel (v. t.) Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind..
Shut :: Shut (a.) Closed or fastened; as, a shut door..
Twinkle :: Twinkle (v. i.) To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch..
Blink :: Blink (v. t.) To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question..
Excommunion :: Excommunion () A shutting out from communion; excommunication.
Hasp :: Hasp (v. t.) To shut or fasten with a hasp.
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle..
Spanner :: Spanner (n.) A contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.
Dock :: Dock (n.) An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide..
Deprive :: Deprive (v. t.) To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of..
Impound :: Impound (v. t.) To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
Shut :: Shut (n.) The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.
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