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Meaning and definition for "shut" word

[adjective] not open; "the door slammed shut"
[adjective] used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight"
[verb] move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window"
[verb] become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang"
[verb] prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"
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\Shut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shut}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shutting}.] [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G. sch["u]tzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. sce['o]tan to shoot. [root]159. See {Shoot}.] 1. To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth. 2. To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade. Shall that be shut to man which to the beast Is open? --Milton. 3. To preclude; to exclude; to bar out. ``Shut from every shore.'' --Dryden. 4. 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. {To shut in}.
(a) To inclose; to confine. ``The Lord shut him in.'' --Cen. vii. 16.
(b) To cover or intercept the view of; as, one point shuts in another. {To shut off}.
(a) To exclude.
(b) To prevent the passage of, as steam through a pipe, or water through a flume, by closing a cock, valve, or gate. {To shut out}, to preclude from entering; to deny admission to; to exclude; as, to shut out rain by a tight roof. {To shut together}, to unite; to close, especially to close by welding. {To shut up}.
(a) To close; to make fast the entrances into; as, to shut up a house.
(b) To obstruct. ``Dangerous rocks shut up the passage.'' --Sir W. Raleigh.
(c) To inclose; to confine; to imprison; to fasten in; as, to shut up a prisoner. Before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. --Gal. iii. 23.
(d) To end; to terminate; to conclude. When the scene of life is shut up, the slave will be above his master if he has acted better. --Collier.
(e) To unite, as two pieces of metal by welding.
(f) To cause to become silent by authority, argument, or force.
\Shut\, v. i. To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard. {To shut up}, to cease speaking. [Colloq.] --T. Hughes.
\Shut\, a. 1. Closed or fastened; as, a shut door. 2. Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person. [Now dialectical or local, Eng. & U.S.] --L'Estrange. 3. (Phon.)
(a) Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g. --H. Sweet.
(b) Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, [a^], [e^], [i^], [o^], [u^], always are.
\Shut\, n. The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door. Just then returned at shut of evening flowers. --Milton. 2. A door or cover; a shutter. [Obs.] --Sir I. Newton. 3. The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding. {Cold shut}, the imperfection in a casting caused by the flowing of liquid metal upon partially chilled metal; also, the imperfect weld in a forging caused by the inadequate heat of one surface under working.

Synonyms for shut

blinking, close, closed, compressed, exclude, keep out, shut out, squinched, squinting, tight, unopen, winking

Antonyms: admit, include, let in, open, open, open up, opened, unfastened

See also: bang | bung | change state | curse | draw | enclose | excommunicate | inclose | keep | lock | lock away | lock in | lock out | lock up | ostracise | ostracize | prevent | put away | seal | seal off | shut | shut away | shut in | shut up | shutter | slam | slat | snap | turn |

The fun area, different aproach to word »shut«

Let's analyse "shut" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: TUHS. Average typing speed for these characters is 1090 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: shut: 3 = 3, reduced: 3 . and the final result is Three.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: shut: 1 + 8 + 3 + 2 = 14, reduced: 5, and the final result is Five.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
H (1) 8 Strength Couragous, Faithful, Caring
S (1) 19 Sun Colorful, Bright, Perceptive
T (1) 20 Judgement Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful
U (1) 21 World Gifted, Generous, Bountiful

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