SHUT
/ʃʌt/
7
Scrabble
7
WWF
S(1) H(4) U(1) T(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/ʃʌt/
adjective
- Closed, shut.
- Narrow; confined.“a close alley; close quarters”
- At a little distance; near.“Is your house close?”
- Intimate; well-loved.“He is a close friend.”
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
noun
- The act or time of shutting; close.“the shut of a door”
- A door or cover; a shutter.
- The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.
verb
- To close, to stop from being open.“Please shut the door.”
- To close, to stop being open.“If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut.”
- To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.“The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.”
- To confine in an enclosed area.“I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out.”
- To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.“He's just shut his finger in the door.”
adjective
- Closed.“A shut door barred our way into the house.”
Source: Wiktionary
