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| Main Entry: |
shut
[shuht]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | close |
| Synonyms: | bar, batten down, cage, close down, close up, confine, draw, drop the curtain, enclose, exclude, fasten, fold, fold up, imprison, lock, push, put to, seal, secure, shut down, slam, wall off |
| Antonyms: | open |
| Main Entry: | hem/hem in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose, restrict |
| Synonyms: | begird, beset, border, bound, cage, circle, circumscribe, close in, confine, corral, define, edge, encircle, encompass, envelop, environ, fence, fringe, girdle, hedge in, immure, margin, pen, rim, ring, round, shut, shut in, skirt, surround, verge |
| Antonyms: | let go, release |
| Main Entry: | lock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten, clasp |
| Synonyms: | bar, bolt, button, button up, clench, close, clutch, embrace, encircle, enclose, engage, entwine, grapple, grasp, hug, join, latch, link, mesh, press, seal, secure, shut, turn the key, unite |
| Antonyms: | unclasp, unfasten, unlock |
| Main Entry: | occlude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | block, prevent |
| Synonyms: | choke, clog, close, close out, congest, curb, fill, hinder, impede, leave out, lock out, obstruct, plug, seal, shut, stop up, stopper, throttle |
| Antonyms: | allow, help, permit |
| Main Entry: | seal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make airtight |
| Synonyms: | close, cork, enclose, fasten, gum, isolate, paste, plaster, plug, quarantine, secure, segregate, shut, stop, stop up, stopper, waterproof |
| Antonyms: | loosen, open, unseal |
| Main Entry: | slam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw or push very hard |
| Synonyms: | bang, bat, batter, beat, belt, blast, clobber, close, crash, cudgel, dash, fling, hammer, hit, hurl, knock, pound, shut, slap, slug, smash, strike, swat, thump, thwack, wallop |
| Main Entry: | turn off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop from operating |
| Synonyms: | close, cut, cut out, douse, extinguish, halt, hit the switch, kill*, log off, put out, shut, shut down, shut off, switch off, turn out, unplug |
| Antonyms: | begin, open, start, turn on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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