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Synonyms for shut
ʃʌtshut
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shut, unopen, closedadjective
not open
"the door slammed shut"
Synonyms:
unsympathetic, unopen, closed in(p), closed(a), closedAntonyms:
unfastened, ajar(p), wide-open, openclosed, shutverb
used especially of mouth or eyes
"he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight"
Synonyms:
closed, unopen, unsympathetic, closed(a), closed in(p)Antonyms:
open, unfastened, ajar(p), wide-openclose, shutverb
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
"Close the door"; "shut the window"
Synonyms:
exclude, shut down, come together, close, fold, close down, conclude, keep out, fill up, close up, shut outAntonyms:
open, unfastened, ajar(p), wide-openclose, shutverb
become closed
"The windows closed with a loud bang"
Synonyms:
exclude, shut down, come together, close, fold, close down, conclude, keep out, fill up, close up, shut outAntonyms:
wide-open, open, ajar(p), unfastenedexclude, keep out, shut out, shutverb
prevent from entering; shut out
"The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"
Synonyms:
turf out, boot out, leave out, omit, chuck out, debar, close, exclude, bar, keep out, leave off, eject, turn out, except, shut out, take outAntonyms:
unfastened, ajar(p), wide-open, open
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shutverb
Synonyms:
close, debar, exclude, preclude, (shut up) confine, imprison, coop up, incarcerate, immure
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#1042 | bar | |
#1204 | contract | |
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#1717 | farm | |
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#1958 | closed | |
#4038 | closing | |
#5505 | shut | |
#5807 | locked | |
#6377 | exclude | |
#6423 | fold | |
#7169 | closure | |
#8648 | conclude | |
#9642 | closes | |
#19766 | omit | |
#20868 | preclude | |
#27307 | eject | |
#36307 | fasten | |
#36343 | confine | |
#57816 | shh | |
#73207 | ferme | |
#84577 | unsympathetic | |
#145048 | debar |
How to use shut in a sentence?
Gretchen Whitmer continues to take cues directly from her union bosses who shut schools down, kept our kids locked down at home longer than necessary, and created an education crisis in our state. She stood on the debate stage and blatantly lied that Michigan schools were only closed down for 3 months, her running-mate Garlin Gilchrist even had the audacity to say we must first take care of the adults in our education system - total disregard for kids and parents.
We have been clear that if members of Congress needed an extra day or two in order to pass legislation, that the President would ensure the government did n’t shut down while they were going through the legislative mechanics of passing a bipartisan budget agreement.
We agreed ... that next week there will be a meeting of the German, Austrian and Italian interior ministers with the goal of taking measures to shut the Mediterranean route into Europe, to make sure that illegal immigration to Europe on this route is stopped.
Younger, single professionals who weren't attached to the city they were living in said,' If everything is shut down, why should I stay here ? I'll go back home.' Or they doubled up with someone else.
Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.
Translations for shut
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- toemaak, sluitAfrikaans
- قفل, أغلقArabic
- bağlamaq, qapamaqAzerbaijani
- зачыняць, зачыніцьBelarusian
- затварямBulgarian
- বন্ধ করাBengali
- zavřítCzech
- cauWelsh
- lukkeDanish
- schließen, zumachenGerman
- κλείνωGreek
- fermiEsperanto
- cerrarSpanish
- sulgemaEstonian
- بستنPersian
- sulkeaFinnish
- fermerFrench
- dúnIrish
- dùinScottish Gaelic
- pecharGalician
- סגרHebrew
- बंद करनाHindi
- becsukHungarian
- փակելArmenian
- sumpal, tutup, bungkamIndonesian
- lokaIcelandic
- chiudereItalian
- 閉める, 閉まる, 閉じるJapanese
- დახურვაGeorgian
- жабуKazakh
- បិទKhmer
- 닫다Korean
- داخستنKurdish
- жабуу, бекитүүKyrgyz
- claudoLatin
- ອັດLao
- uždarytiLithuanian
- aizvērtLatvian
- затвориMacedonian
- tutupMalay
- ပိတ်Burmese
- stengeNorwegian
- sluiten, dichtklappenDutch
- zamknąć, zamykaćPolish
- fecharPortuguese
- sarar, serrarRomansh
- закрыть, закрыватьRussian
- zatvoriti, затворитиSerbo-Croatian
- වහනවාSinhala, Sinhalese
- zavrieťSlovak
- zapretiSlovene
- mbyllAlbanian
- stängaSwedish
- మూయుTelugu
- пӯшидан, бастанTajik
- หุบ, ปิด, งับThai
- ýapmakTurkmen
- kapatmakTurkish
- зачиняти, зачинитиUkrainian
- بند کرناUrdu
- bekitmoq, yopmoqUzbek
- đóngVietnamese
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