Definition of shut

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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..

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Wink :: Wink (n.) A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast.
Court :: Court (n.) An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley..
Compinge :: Compinge (v. t.) To compress; to shut up.
Race :: Race (n.) A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc..
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..
Gatepost :: Gatepost (n.) A post against which a gate closes; -- called also shutting post.
Clasp :: Clasp (v. t.) To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp)..
Immure :: Immure (v. t.) To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate..
Prison :: Prison (v. t.) To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty..
Doorcase :: Doorcase (n.) The surrounding frame into which a door shuts.
Shut :: Shut (n.) The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door..
Sperre :: Sperre (v. t.) To shut in; to support; to inclose; to fasten.
Window :: Window (n.) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening..
Pick :: Pick (n.) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch..
Shed :: Shed (v. t.) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle..
Seel :: Seel (v. t.) Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind..
Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal..
Stopper :: Stopper (n.) One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel..
Interclude :: Interclude (v. t.) To shut off or out from a place or course, by something intervening; to intercept; to cut off; to interrupt..
Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
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