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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Badminton :: Badminton (n.) A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks..
Desk :: Desk (v. t.) To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure..
Window :: Window (n.) An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material, as glass, and capable of being opened and shut at pleasure..
Preclude :: Preclude (v.) To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede..
Occluse :: Occluse (a.) Shut; closed.
Bang :: Bang (v. t.) To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it..
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..
Debar :: Debar (v. t.) To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from, and sometimes with of..
Conclave :: Conclave (n.) The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals..
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..
Forcipal :: Forcipal (a.) Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut like a pair of forceps.
Closet :: Closet (v. t.) To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal..
Conclude :: Conclude (v. t.) To shut up; to inclose.
Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book..
Stop :: Stop (n.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far..
Excommunion :: Excommunion () A shutting out from communion; excommunication.
Shed :: Shed (v. t.) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle..
Encloister :: Encloister (v. t.) To shut up in a cloister; to cloister.
Quill :: Quill (n.) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle..
Yard :: Yard (v. t.) To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows..
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