Definition of close

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Close (v. i.) To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock..

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Vermes :: Vermes (n. pl.) A more restricted group, comprising only the helminths and closely allied orders..
Close :: Close (v. t.) Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close prisoner..
Vair :: Vair (n.) The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue..
Peek :: Peek (v. i.) To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep..
Orange :: Orange (n.) The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus (C. Aurantium). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when ripe..
Albuminin :: Albuminin (n.) The substance of the cells which inclose the white of birds' eggs.
Kink :: Kink (n.) A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord..
Study :: Study (n.) To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
Inclusion :: Inclusion (n.) A foreign substance, either liquid or solid, usually of minute size, inclosed in the mass of a mineral..
Uphasp :: Uphasp (v. t.) To hasp or faster up; to close; as, sleep uphasps the eyes..
Intermure :: Intermure (v. t.) To wall in; to inclose.
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..
Puddle :: Puddle (v. t.) To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water..
Occluse :: Occluse (a.) Shut; closed.
Family :: Family (v. t.) A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family..
Stopship :: Stopple (v. t.) To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple..
Encapsulation :: Encapsulation (n.) The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.
Crop :: Crop (n.) Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop..
Aumery :: Aumery (n.) A form of Ambry, a closet; but confused with Almonry, as if a place for alms..
Generous :: Generous (a.) Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as, a generous friend or father..
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