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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shut \Shut\, v. i. To close itself to become closed; as the door shuts; it shuts hard. {To shut up}, to cease speaking. [Colloq.] --T. Hughes. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shut \Shut\, a. 1. Closed or fastened; as a shut door. 2. Rid; clear; free as to get shut of a person. [Now dialectical or local, Eng. & U.S.] --L'Estrange. 3. (Phon.) a 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. --H. Sweet. b Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, [a^], [e^], [i^], [o^], [u^], always are From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shut \Shut\, n. The act or time of shutting; close as the shut of a door. Just then returned at shut of evening flowers. --Milton. 2. A door or cover; a shutter. [Obs.] --Sir I. Newton. 3. The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding. {Cold shut}, the imperfection in a casting caused by the flowing of liquid metal upon partially chilled metal; also the imperfect weld in a forging caused by the inadequate heat of one surface under working. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shut \Shut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shut}; p. pr & vb n. {Shutting}.] [OE. shutten, schutten shetten, schitten AS scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten G. sch["u]tzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across fr AS sce['o]tan to shoot. [root]159. See {Shoot}.] 1. To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth. 2. To forbid entrance into to prohibit; to bar; as to shut the ports of a country by a blockade. Shall that be shut to man which to the beast Is open? --Milton. 3. To preclude; to exclude; to bar out ``Shut from every shore.'' --Dryden. 4. 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. {To shut in}. a To inclose; to confine. ``The Lord shut him in.'' --Cen. vii. 16. b To cover or intercept the view of as one point shuts in another. {To shut off}. a To exclude. b To prevent the passage of as steam through a pipe, or water through a flume, by closing a cock, valve, or gate. {To shut out}, to preclude from entering; to deny admission to to exclude; as to shut out rain by a tight roof. {To shut together}, to unite; to close especially to close by welding. {To shut up}. a To close to make fast the entrances into as to shut up a house. b To obstruct. ``Dangerous rocks shut up the passage.'' --Sir W. Raleigh. c To inclose; to confine; to imprison; to fasten in as to shut up a prisoner. Before faith came we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. --Gal. iii. 23. d To end to terminate; to conclude. When the scene of life is shut up the slave will be above his master if he has acted better. --Collier. e To unite, as two pieces of metal by welding. f To cause to become silent by authority, argument, or force. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: shut adj 1: not open "the door slammed shut" [syn: {unopen}, {closed}] [ant: {open}] 2: used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight" [syn: {closed}] [ant: {open}] v 1: move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window" [syn: {close}] [ant: {open}] 2: become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang" [syn: {close}] [ant: {open}] 3: 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" [syn: {exclude}, {keep out}, {shut out}] [ant: {admit}]
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