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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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#735 | close | |
#1042 | bar | |
#1204 | contract | |
#1585 | except | |
#1717 | farm | |
#1854 | firm | |
#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?
When you shut down a platform that has public access, you drive people out of the light, oftentimes that’s our only way to find them because they’re having conversation and making statements that are open to see.
A boy ran into my shop and said his father and elder brother had been shot. He was only wearing shorts, no top and sweating despite the wintry weather. I shut down my shop immediately, leaving some items outside.
We are in the peak of our thunderstorm season but as we progress into late July and August, we transition to more southwesterly flow which tends to shut off our thunderstorm season.
Our policy should be help the Ukrainians defend themselves, we should help arm them, we should get our energy sector producing again, and we ought to shut down the Russians, that’s what we need to do. That would be a strong response.
And now we're here with the government shut down over his broken promise while the Chinese are landing spacecraft on the dark side of the moon. That's what they're doing.
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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