Definition of close

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Close (v. t.) Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to liquids..

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Stunk :: Stingy (superl.) Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl..
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..
Disclosed :: Disclosed (p. a.) Represented with wings expanded; -- applied to doves and other birds not of prey.
Intestine :: Intestine (a.) Shut up; inclosed.
Cluster :: Cluster (v. t.) To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body.
Dessert :: Dessert (n.) A service of pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment; pastry, fruits, etc., forming the last course at dinner..
Pimpernel :: Pimpernel (n.) A plant of the genus Anagallis, of which one species (A. arvensis) has small flowers, usually scarlet, but sometimes purple, blue, or white, which speedily close at the approach of bad weather..
Envelop :: Envelop (v. t.) To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, to envelop goods or a letter; the fog envelops a ship..
Strict :: Strict (a.) Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature..
Snug :: Snug (superl.) Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.
Naturalistic :: Naturalistic (a.) Closely resembling nature; realistic.
Density :: Density (n.) The quality of being dense, close, or thick; compactness; -- opposed to rarity..
Schizocarp :: Schizocarp (n.) A dry fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one-seeded portions.
Disenclose :: Disenclose (v. t.) See Disinclose.
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..
Wedge :: Wedge (v. t.) To press closely; to fix, or make fast, in the manner of a wedge that is driven into something..
Tentorium :: Tentorium (n.) A fold of the dura mater which separates the cerebellum from the cerebrum and often incloses a process or plate of the skull called the bony tentorium.
Close :: Close (v. t.) Short; as, to cut grass or hair close..
Weatherly :: Weatherly (a.) Working, or able to sail, close to the wind; as, a weatherly ship..
Scrutiny :: Scrutiny (n.) Close examination; minute inspection; critical observation.
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