close

Meaning

Verb

1. To remove a gap.
2. To remove a gap.
3. To remove a gap.
4. To remove a gap.
5. To remove a gap.
6. To finish, to terminate.
7. To finish, to terminate.
8. To finish, to terminate.
9. To finish, to terminate.
10. To finish, to terminate.
11. To finish, to terminate.
12. To finish, to terminate.
13. To come or gather around; to enclose.
14. To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
15. To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
16. To turn off; to switch off.

Noun

1. An end or conclusion.
2. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
3. The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
4. A grapple in wrestling.
5. The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
6. A double bar marking the end.
7. The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.

Adj

1. Closed, shut.
2. Narrow; confined.
3. At a little distance; near.
4. Intimate; well-loved.
5. Intimate; well-loved.
6. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
7. Hot, humid, with no wind.
8. Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
9. Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
10. (obsolete) Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
11. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
12. Short.
13. Dense; solid; compact.
14. Concise; to the point.
15. Difficult to obtain.
16. Parsimonious; stingy.
17. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
18. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
19. Marked, evident.
20. Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer or goal); near
21. With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.

Noun

1. An enclosed field, especially a field enclosed around a (usually religious) building.
2. A street that ends in a dead end.
3. A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
4. The common staircase in a tenement.
5. A cathedral close.
6. The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kləʊz/

Etymology

From Middle English closen (“to close, enclose”), partly continuing (in altered form) earlier Middle English clusen (“to close”) (from Old English clȳsan (“to close, shut”); compare beclose, foreclose, etc.), and partly derived from Middle English clos (“close, shut up, confined, secret”, adjective), from Old French clos (“close, confined”, adjective), from Latin clausus (“shut up”, past participle), from claudere (“to bar, block, close, enclose, bring an end to, confine”), from Proto-Indo-European *klāw- (“key, hook, nail”), related to Latin clāvis (“key, deadbolt, bar”), clāvus (“nail, peg”), claustrum (“bar, bolt, barrier”), claustra (“dam, wall, barricade, stronghold”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “bar, bolt, key”), German schließen (“to close, conclude, lock”), Dutch sluiten (“to close, conclude, lock”). Partially replaced Old English lūcan (“to close, lock, enclose”), (whence English lock). Doublet of clause.