Definition of shut

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Shut (v. t.) To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade..

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Shuttlewise :: Shuttlewise (adv.) Back and forth, like the movement of a shuttle..
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 (n.) A door or cover; a shutter.
Doorcase :: Doorcase (n.) The surrounding frame into which a door shuts.
Up :: Up (adv.) To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite; as, in the phrases to eat up; to drink up; to burn up; to sum up; etc.; to shut up the eyes or the mouth; to sew up a rent..
Inclosure :: Inclosure (n.) The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence..
Shutter :: Shutter (n.) A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, as for closing the passageway for molten iron from a ladle..
Preclusive :: Preclusive (a.) Shutting out; precluding, or tending to preclude; hindering..
Seel :: Seel (v. t.) Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind..
Clausure :: Clausure (n.) The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.
Portcullis :: Portcullis (v. t.) To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar..
Exclude :: Exclude (v. t.) To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting..
Conclude :: Conclude (v. t.) To shut up; to inclose.
Shittlecock :: Shittlecock (n.) A shuttlecock.
Shed :: Shed (n.) The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads..
Twinkle :: Twinkle (v. i.) To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
Pullback :: Pullback (n.) The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut, or to hold it party open at a fixed point..
Padlock :: Padlock (v. t.) To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock..
Register :: Register (n.) A lid, stopper, or sliding plate, in a furnace, stove, etc., for regulating the admission of air to the fuel; also, an arrangement containing dampers or shutters, as in the floor or wall of a room or passage, or in a chimney, for admitting or excluding heated air, or for regulating ventilation..
Immure :: Immure (v. t.) To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate..
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