SHUT OUT

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does shut out mean? 

• SHUT OUT (verb)
  The verb SHUT OUT has 1 sense:

1. prevent from entering; shut out

  Familiarity information: SHUT OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHUT OUT (verb)

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 out" 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 out"):

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