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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Occludent :: Occludent (a.) Serving to close; shutting up.
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
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..
Disclusion :: Disclusion (n.) A shutting off; exclusion.
Blink :: Blink (v. t.) To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question..
Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade..
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..
Apron :: Apron (n.) A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut..
Unshutter :: Unshutter (v. t.) To open or remove the shutters of.
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..
Doorcase :: Doorcase (n.) The surrounding frame into which a door shuts.
Shuttlecork :: Shuttlecork (n.) See Shuttlecock.
Prison :: Prison (v. t.) To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty..
Preclusive :: Preclusive (a.) Shutting out; precluding, or tending to preclude; hindering..
Wink :: Wink (n.) A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast.
Preclusion :: Preclusion (n.) The act of precluding, or the state of being precluded; a shutting out..
Window :: Window (n.) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening..
Closet :: Closet (v. t.) To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal..
Shutter :: Shutter (n.) A movable cover or screen for a window, designed to shut out the light, to obstruct the view, or to be of some strength as a defense; a blind..
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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