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of Shut |
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To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a
door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth. |
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To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut
the ports of a country by a blockade. |
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To preclude; to exclude; to bar out. |
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To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close
by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book. |
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To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it
shuts hard. |
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Closed or fastened; as, a shut door. |
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Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person. |
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Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the
nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p,
t, k, b, d, and hard g. |
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Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the
same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are. |
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The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door. |
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A door or cover; a shutter. |
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The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by
welding. |