close
Meaning
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- To remove a gap.
- To remove a gap.
- To remove a gap.
- To remove a gap.
- To remove a gap.
- To finish, to terminate.
- To finish, to terminate.
- To finish, to terminate.
- To finish, to terminate.
- To finish, to terminate.
- To finish, to terminate.
- To finish, to terminate.
- To come or gather around; to enclose.
- To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- To turn off; to switch off.
Synonyms
turn off
very close
be closed
close-by
closing curtain
close at hand
near at hand
be shut
near to
stopping point
be over
closing the books
enclosed area
be hot
closelipped
live up to
not far
not far from
fold together
without delay
adjacent to
be near
by the side
close on
close one’s eyes
come close
cover over
get closer
seal up
square accounts
tightly closed
make full
true to
youngest child
do something completely
get close
tightly knit
be crowded
last descendant
close the eyes
large chop
very near
stop writing
put down one’s pen
nearly equal
hard-grained
fill a hole
cover with lid
be about equal
final part
put an end to making a film
intimate 1
not talkative
having no interstices
switch in
near to the skin
bosom,
sultry,
cault
at the edge
put lid on
snap shut
chary of
switching in
make accounts square
on friendly terms
come near
coop in
couple on
crowded together
final stage
get dark
Frequency
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.
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