Definition of close

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Close (v. t.) Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close prisoner..

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Elk :: Elk (n.) A large deer, of several species. The European elk (Alces machlis or Cervus alces) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti (Cervus Canadensis), is closely related to the European stag. See Moose, and Wapiti..
Remote :: Remote (superl.) Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity..
Imbox :: Imbox (v. t.) To inclose in a box.
Surround :: Surround (v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
Touch :: Touch (v. i.) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes..
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.
About :: About (adv.) Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time..
Contact :: Contact (n.) A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.
Campanularian :: Campanularian (n.) A hydroid of the family ampanularidae, characterized by having the polyps or zooids inclosed in bell-shaped calicles or hydrothecae..
Rockaway :: Rockaway () Formerly, a light, low, four-wheeled carriage, with standing top, open at the sides, but having waterproof curtains which could be let down when occasion required; now, a somewhat similar, but heavier, carriage, inclosed, except in front, and having a door at each side..
Tight :: Tight (superl.) Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment..
Town :: Town (adv. & prep.) Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities..
Dipnoi :: Dipnoi (n. pl.) A group of ganoid fishes, including the living genera Ceratodus and Lepidosiren, which present the closest approximation to the Amphibia. The air bladder acts as a lung, and the nostrils open inside the mouth. See Ceratodus, and Illustration in Appendix..
Closer :: Closer (n.) A finisher; that which finishes or terminates.
Vinery :: Vinery (n.) A structure, usually inclosed with glass, for rearing and protecting vines; a grapery..
Sperre :: Sperre (v. t.) To shut in; to support; to inclose; to fasten.
Park :: Park (n.) A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant..
Unfold :: Unfold (v. t.) To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to display; to disclose; to reveal; to elucidate; to explain; as, to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science..
Tigh :: Tigh (n.) A close, or inclosure; a croft..
Serpula :: Serpula (n.) Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts..
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