Dictionary

Closed, shut.

Narrow; confined.

Example: a close alley; close quarters

At a little distance; near.

Example: Is your house close?

Intimate; well-loved.

Example: He is a close friend.

The act or time of shutting; close.

Example: the shut of a door

A door or cover; a shutter.

The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.

To close, to stop from being open.

Example: Please shut the door.

To close, to stop being open.

Example: If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut.

To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.

Example: The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.

To confine in an enclosed area.

Example: I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out.

Closed.

Example: A shut door barred our way into the house.

A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.