Definition of close

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Close (n.) To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine.

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Sister :: Sister (n.) A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community..
Loose :: Loose (superl.) Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture..
Tight :: Tight (superl.) Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight..
Perianth :: Perianth (n.) A saclike involucre which incloses the young fruit in most hepatic mosses. See Illust. of Hepatica.
Apprest :: Apprest (a.) Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem,.
Parclose :: Parclose (n.) A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church.
Ventilation :: Ventilation (n.) The act of ventilating, or the state of being ventilated; the art or process of replacing foul air by that which is pure, in any inclosed place, as a house, a church, a mine, etc.; free exposure to air..
Wedge :: Wedge (v. t.) To press closely; to fix, or make fast, in the manner of a wedge that is driven into something..
Fast-handed :: Fast-handed (a.) Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious.
Areal :: Areal (a.) Of or pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves)..
Stromatic :: Stroma (n.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia..
Town :: Town (adv. & prep.) Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.
Contact :: Contact (n.) A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.
Close :: Close (adv.) Secretly; darkly.
End :: End (v. t.) To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech..
Rib :: Rib (v. t.) To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in..
Unkennel :: Unkennel (v. t.) Fig.: To discover; to disclose.
Unnear :: Unnear (prep.) Not near; not close to; at a distance from.
Schizocarp :: Schizocarp (n.) A dry fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one-seeded portions.
Circumvallate :: Circumvallate (a.) Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.
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