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Meaning of closes

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

closes

noun

Definitions

  1. An end or conclusion.

    Example: We owe them our thanks for bringing the project to a successful close.

  2. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.

  3. A grapple in wrestling.

  4. The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.

verb

Definitions

  1. (physical) To remove a gap.

  2. (social) To finish, to terminate.

  3. To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.

  4. To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.

noun

Definitions

  1. (chiefly Yorkshire) An enclosed field.

  2. (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.

  3. A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.

  4. The common staircase in a tenement.