shut

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) To close, in various senses.
2. (intransitive, transitive) To close, in various senses.
3. (British, intransitive, transitive) To close, in various senses.
4. (intransitive, transitive) To close, in various senses.
5. (intransitive, transitive) To close, in various senses.
6. (ergative, intransitive, transitive) To close, in various senses.
7. (transitive) To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.
8. (transitive) To confine in an enclosed area; to enclose.
9. (transitive) To isolate, to close off from the world.
10. (transitive) To preclude, exclude.
11. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of shut

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Closed, not open, in any of various senses.
2. (not-comparable) Closed, not open, in any of various senses.
3. (not-comparable) Closed, not open, in any of various senses.
4. (not-comparable) Closed, not open, in any of various senses.
5. (especially, not-comparable) Closed, not open, in any of various senses.
6. (not-comparable) Synonym of close.
7. (archaic, not-comparable) Synonym of close.
8. (alt-of, archaic, not-comparable) Archaic form of shot (“discharged, cleared, rid of something”).

Noun

1. The act or time of shutting; close.
2. A door or cover; a shutter.
3. The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.

Noun

A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.

Synonyms

close

closed

cover

lock

🔒

block

seal

🦭

conceal

stop

🛑

hide

bar

locked

block up

shut off

shut eye

close up

stopped

shut mouth

obstruct

covered

occlude

bolt

cover over

shut out

adjourn

blockade

enclose

close off

be shut

turn off

shutter

unopen

shut down

check

prevent

cork up

keep out

fasten

exclude

fast

gather

off

concealed

combine

collect

block out

closet

block off

encase

embarrass

close down

Translations

fermer

cerrar

chiudere

schließen

sluiten

fechar

zumachen

tancar

chiuso

dichtmaken

dichtdoen

toedoen

geschlossen

zuschließen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃʌt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: shutten

Inherited from Old English: scyttan

Cognate with Dutch: schutten

Cognate with Low German: schütten

Cognate with German: schützen

Inherited from Old English: scēotan

In summary

From Middle English shutten, shetten, from Old English scyttan (“to cause rapid movement, shoot a bolt, shut, bolt”), from Proto-Germanic *skutjaną, *skuttijaną (“to bar, bolt”), from Proto-Germanic *skuttą, *skuttjō (“bar, bolt, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to drive, fall upon, rush”).
Cognate with Dutch schutten (“to shut in, lock up”), Low German schütten (“to shut, lock in”), German schützen (“to shut out, dam, protect, guard”).

Sentences

The furnaces shut down and the liquid glass cooled and hardened .