SHUT (shutting)

Pronunciation (US):

• SHUT (adjective)
  The adjective SHUT has 2 senses:

1. not open
2. used especially of mouth or eyes

  Familiarity information: SHUT used as an adjective is rare.

• SHUT (verb)
  The verb SHUT has 3 senses:

1. move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
2. become closed
3. prevent from entering; shut out

  Familiarity information: SHUT used as a verb is uncommon.

• SHUT (adjective)

Meaning:

Not open

Synonyms:

shut; unopen; closed

Context example:

the door slammed shut

Also:

closed (not open or affording passage or access)

Antonym:

open (affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed)

Meaning:

Used especially of mouth or eyes

Synonyms:

shut; closed

Context examples:

he sat quietly with closed eyes / his eyes were shut against the sunlight

Similar:

blinking; winking (closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly)

compressed; tight (pressed tightly together)

squinched; squinting (having eyes half closed in order to see better)

• SHUT (verb)

Meaning:

Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

shut; close

Context examples:

Close the door / shut the window

Cause:

close; shut (become closed)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shut"):

snap (snap close with a sound)

seal; seal off (make tight; secure against leakage)

bung (close with a cork or stopper)

draw (move or pull so as to cover or uncover something)

shutter (close with shutters)

bang; slam (close violently)

slat (close the slats of (windows))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They want to shut the doors

Also:

shut in (surround completely)

shut up (place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape)

Meaning:

Become closed

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

shut; close

Context example:

The windows closed with a loud bang

Hypernyms (to "shut" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

The doors shut

Meaning:

Prevent from entering; shut out

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

keep out; shut out; exclude; shut

Context examples:

The trees were shutting out all sunlight / This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country

Hypernyms (to "shut" is one way to...):

keep; prevent (prevent from doing something or being in a certain state)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shut"):

curse; excommunicate; unchurch (exclude from a church or a religious community)

lock out (prevent employees from working during a strike)

ostracise; ostracize (avoid speaking to or dealing with)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something