1. • verb - move so that an opening or passage is obstructed
   • verb - become closed
   • verb - prevent from entering
   • adj - not open
   • adj - used especially of mouth or eyes
2. • To move (a door or lid, for example) so as to block passage through an opening.
   • To block entrance to or exit from; close: shut a corridor.
   • To fasten with a lock, catch, or latch.
   • To confine in or as if in a closed space: shut them in a cage.
   • To exclude from or as if from a closed space: shut the cats out of the house.
   • To cause to stop operating: shut down a restaurant; a school that was shut for the vacation.
   • To move or become moved so as to block passage; close: a door that shuts by itself.
   • To stop operating, especially automatically: The electricity shuts off at midnight.
   • The act or time of shutting.
   • The line of connection between welded pieces of metal.
   • To stop the flow or passage of; cut off: shut off the hot water by closing a valve.
   • To prevent (an opponent) from scoring any runs or points.
   • To cause (someone) to stop speaking; silence.
   • To stop speaking.
3. • adj - situated within a short distance
   • v - to come near or nearer to
   • adj - to block against entry or passage [v CLOSED, CLOSING, CLOSES] : CLOSABLE

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