close up

Signification (Anglais)

1. (intransitive) To close (remove a gap) completely or fully.
2. (intransitive) To move nearer together so that a gap is removed.
3. (ambitransitive) To shut a building or a business for a period of time.
4. (intransitive) Of a cut or other wound: To heal.
5. (intransitive) To become less 'open' or communicative; to shrink back.
6. (Australia, intransitive, slang) To stop talking.

Concepts

barrer

boucher

bloquer

fermer

encombrer

gros plan

occuper

plier

clôturer

de près

fermer définitivement

obstruer

se mettre en travers

se refermer

tout près de

avance donc

approche donc

serrez à gauche

condamner

entraver

être triste

fréquenter

Synonymes

close

shut up

stop up

heal

block

shut down

plug up

button up

fold

close down

obturate

obstruct

block off

jam

impede

cover

occlude

plug

shut

be quiet

block up

join up

keep mum

dummy up

fall silent

stop

🛑

fill up

clam up

belt up

cicatrize

blockade

skin

at close range

cut off

closely

put away

coop in

contract

close to

call it quits

close out

close off

break up

kick

close in

break

barricade

abrogate

immobilize

immobilise

Traductions

chiudere

سد

aufschließen

🔓

ostruire

tacere

cerrar

قفل

غلق

bloccare

عطل

عرقل

عانق

راقب

فض

أغلق

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kləʊzˈʌp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Dissimilated from Middle English upclosen (“to close up, stop up, seal”).