Definition of shut

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Shut (a.) Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are..

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Mure :: Mure (n.) To inclose in walls; to wall; to immure; to shut up.
Battledoor :: Battledoor (n.) An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock..
Stopper :: Stopped (a.) Made by complete closure of the mouth organs; shut; -- said of certain consonants (p, b, t, d, etc.)..
Recluse :: Recluse (v. t.) To shut up; to seclude.
Shuttered :: Shuttered (a.) Furnished with shutters.
Throttle :: Throttle (v. t.) To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine..
Close :: Close (n.) To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door..
Bivalve :: Bivalve (a.) Having two shells or valves which open and shut, as the oyster and certain seed vessels..
Hum :: Hum (v. t.) To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble; as, to hum a tune..
Pink :: Pink (a.) Half-shut; winking.
Apron :: Apron (n.) A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut..
Shuttle :: Shuttle (v. i.) To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle..
Closure :: Closure (v. t.) The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink..
Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal..
Cockshut :: Cockshut (n.) A kind of net to catch woodcock.
Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter..
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..
Doorcase :: Doorcase (n.) The surrounding frame into which a door shuts.
Recluse :: Recluse (a.) Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life..
Shittlecock :: Shittlecock (n.) A shuttlecock.
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