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  • 91shut — shut1 W2S1 [ʃʌt] v past tense and past participle shut present participle shutting [: Old English; Origin: scyttan] 1.) [I and T] to close something, or to become closed ▪ Shut the window, Ellen! ▪ I heard his bedroom door shut. ▪ She lay down on …

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  • 92shut — 1 /SVt/ verb past tense and past participle past tense and past participle shut present participle shutting 1 (I, T) to close something, or to become closed: The door shut with a bang. | She lay down on her bed and shut her eyes. | Laruelle put… …

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  • 93shut — shut1 [ ʃʌt ] (past tense and past participle shut) verb *** 1. ) transitive to close something, for example a door, window, or drawer: Please shut the door behind you. Shut the gate or the dog will get out. Don t worry about the curtains, I ll… …

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  • 94shut — v. (shutting; past and past part. shut) 1 tr. a move (a door, window, lid, lips, etc.) into position so as to block an aperture (shut the lid). b close or seal (a room, window, box, eye, mouth, etc.) by moving a door etc. (shut the box). 2 intr.… …

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  • 95shut — v 1. close, close up, close off, seal, seal up, seal off, occlude, obturate; lock, padlock, bolt, latch. 2. block, obstruct, occlude, barricade, blockade, stand in the way; stop, stay, arrest; clog, choke, congest, jam; impede, hinder, get in the …

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  • 96shut someone/something out — 1 he shut me out of the house: LOCK OUT, keep out, refuse entrance to. 2 she shut out the memories: BLOCK, suppress. 3 the bamboo shut out the light: KEEP OUT, block out, screen, veil …

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  • 97shut — I UK [ʃʌt] / US verb Word forms shut : present tense I/you/we/they shut he/she/it shuts present participle shutting past tense shut past participle shut *** 1) [transitive] to close something, for example a door, window, or drawer Please shut the …

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  • 98shut — Synonyms and related words: ban, bang, bar, barricade, batten, batten down, blank, blind, blind alley, block out, bolt, bolted, bottle up, box in, button, button up, cease, cecal, choke, choke off, choked, choked off, clap, close, close down,… …

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  • 99shut off — Synonyms and related words: abrupt, alienate, alienated, apart, bar, barricade, block, block out, block up, blockade, bolt, cast off, cast out, chock, choke, choke off, close, close off, close tight, close up, constrict, crowd, cut, cut adrift,… …

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  • 100shut — [c]/ʃʌt / (say shut) verb (shut, shutting) –verb (t) 1. to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct. 2. Also, shut up. to close the doors of: shut up the shop. 3. to close by folding or bringing the parts together: shut your… …