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Definitions for Shut

[1] to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
[2] to close the doors of (often followed by up ): to shut up a shop for the night.
[3] to close (something) by bringing together or folding its parts: Shut your book. Shut the window!
[4] to confine; enclose: to shut a bird into a cage.
[5] to bar; exclude: They shut him from their circle.
[6] to cause (a factory, school, etc.) to end or suspend operations, services, or business activity: He shut his store, sold his house, and moved away. We're shutting the office for two weeks in June.
[7] to bolt; bar.
[8] to become shut or closed; close.
[9] closed; fastened up: a shut door.
[10] Phonetics . checked(def 2) .
[11] the act or time of shutting or closing.
[12] the line where two pieces of welded metal are united.
[13] shut down , to close, especially temporarily; end or suspend operations, services, or business activity. to stop operating or stop the operation of (a machine): Did you remember to shut down your computer? Also shut down on /upon .Informal . to hinder; check; stop from doing or saying something: He appeared on the talk show to shut down his critics. Informal . to defeat or outdo:The team was able to shut down the offense. to settle over so as to envelop or darken: The fog shut down rapidly.
[14] shut in , to enclose. to confine, as from illness: She broke her leg in a fall and has been shut in for several weeks.
[15] shut of , Informal . free of; rid of: He wished he were shut of all his debts.
[16] shut off , to stop the passage of (water, traffic, electricity, etc.); close off. to isolate; separate: an outpost almost completely shut off from civilization.
[17] shut out , to keep from entering; exclude. to hide from view. to prevent (an opponent or opposing team) from scoring, as in a game of baseball.
[18] shut up , to imprison; confine. to close entirely. to stop talking; become silent: I thought the neighbors would never shut up and let me sleep. to stop (someone) from talking; silence.
[19] to move (something) so as to cover an aperture; close to shut a door
[20] to close (something) by bringing together the parts to shut a book
[21] (tr often foll by up ) to close or lock the doors of to shut up a house
[22] (tr; foll by in, out, etc ) to confine, enclose, or exclude to shut a child in a room
[23] (tr) to prevent (a business, etc) from operating
[24] shut one's eyes to to ignore deliberately
[25] shut the door on to refuse to think about to render impossible
[26] closed or fastened
[27] the act or time of shutting
[28] the line along which pieces of metal are welded
[29] get shut of or get shot of slang to get rid of

Words related to Shut

push, lock, bar, seal, draw, secure, fasten, fold, slam, enclose, imprison, exclude, confine, cage

Words nearby Shut

shunting engine, shunto, shura, shush, shushan, shut, shut down, shut off, shut one's eyes to, shut out, shut the door

Origin of Shut

before 1000; Middle English s(c)hutten, s(c)hetten, s(c)hitten Old English scyttan “to bolt (a door)”; akin to shoot1

Other words from Shut

half-shut , adjective
re·shut , verb, re·shut, re·shut·ting.
un·shut , adjective

Word origin for Shut

Old English scyttan; related to Old Frisian sketta to shut in, Middle Dutch schutten to obstruct

Synonyms for Shut

bar, lock, push, seal, cage, confine, draw, enclose, exclude, fasten, fold, imprison, secure, slam, batten down, close down, close up, drop the curtain, fold up, put to, shut down, wall off