Definition of shut

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Shut (a.) Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g..

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Picker :: Picker (n.) The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp..
Cad :: Cad (n.) A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards..
Unshut :: Unshut (v. t.) To open, or throw open..
Unclutch :: Unclutch (v. t.) To open, as something closely shut..
Preclude :: Preclude (v.) To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation..
Encloister :: Encloister (v. t.) To shut up in a cloister; to cloister.
Excommunion :: Excommunion () A shutting out from communion; excommunication.
Occluse :: Occluse (a.) Shut; closed.
Stop :: Stop (n.) In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes; the register itself; as, the vox humana stop..
Embar :: Embar (v. t.) To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars..
Shut :: Shut (v. i.) To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard..
Conclave :: Conclave (n.) The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals..
Tine :: Tine (v. t.) To shut in, or inclose..
Exclusion :: Exclusion (n.) The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded..
Shed :: Shed (v. t.) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle..
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..
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood..
Snap :: Snap (n.) To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound..
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.
Include :: Include (v. t.) To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell..
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