Definition of shut

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Shut (v. i.) To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard..

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Close :: Close (n.) The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
Outshut :: Outshut (v. t.) To shut out.
Unclutch :: Unclutch (v. t.) To open, as something closely shut..
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle..
Sperre :: Sperre (v. t.) To shut in; to support; to inclose; to fasten.
Portcullis :: Portcullis (v. t.) To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar..
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..
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..
Weaving :: Weaving (n.) An incessant motion of a horse's head, neck, and body, from side to side, fancied to resemble the motion of a hand weaver in throwing the shuttle..
Tine :: Tine (v. t.) To shut in, or inclose..
Blockade :: Blockade (n.) Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress..
Cage :: Cage (v. i.) To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine..
Imbound :: Imbound (v. t.) To inclose in limits; to shut in.
Woof :: Woof (n.) The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving.
Weft :: Weft (n.) The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.
Clausure :: Clausure (n.) The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.
Snap :: Snap (n.) To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound..
Cockshut :: Cockshut (n.) A kind of net to catch woodcock.
Lock :: Lock (v. t.) To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast..
Occludent :: Occludent (a.) Serving to close; shutting up.
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