Definitions for shut

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shut shut

Spelling: [shuht]

IPA: /ʃʌt/

Shut is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 27 anagrams from letters in shut (hstu).

Definitions for shut

noun

1. the act or time of shutting or closing.
2. the line where two pieces of welded metal are united.

adjective

1. closed; fastened up:
2. Phonetics. checked (def 2).

Verb phrases

1. shut down, to close, especially temporarily; end or suspend operations, services, or business activity. to stop operating or stop the operation of (a machine): Also, shut down on/upon. Informal. to hinder; check; stop from doing or saying something: Informal. to defeat or outdo: to settle over so as to envelop or darken:
2. shut in, to enclose. to confine, as from illness:
3. shut of, Informal. free of; rid of:
4. shut off, to stop the passage of (water, traffic, electricity, etc.); close off. to isolate; separate:
5. shut out, to keep from entering; exclude. to hide from view. to prevent (an opponent or opposing team) from scoring, as in a game of baseball.
6. shut up, to imprison; confine. to close entirely. to stop talking; become silent: to stop (someone) from talking; silence.

verb (used with object)

1. to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
2. to close the doors of (often followed by up):
3. to close (something) by bringing together or folding its parts:
4. to confine; enclose:
5. to bar; exclude:
6. to cause (a factory, school, etc.) to end or suspend operations, services, or business activity:
7. to bolt; bar.

verb (used without object)

1. to become shut or closed; close.

Origin of shut

before 1000; Middle English s(c)hutten, s(c)hetten, s(c)hitten Old English scyttan “to bolt (a door)”; akin to shoot¹

Examples for shut

Over the years, several MPs have alleged cover-ups or suggested that investigations were shut down by senior security officials.

I must make it clear to myself that He does not shut me out of His heart because I am guilty of sins.

“We need to shut the money down like we did on Black Friday,” he said.

What is the use of a beautiful face, if one must be shut up in her own apartment for ever?

He immediately tried to shut the window before saying anything else.

It's a pity you ain't got some one to shut down on you that way.

If criticism of this kind is prohibited the doors of the House might as well be shut.

Harriet had not "gone into her closet and shut the door" for nothing.

And so it was that the federal government did not shut down just when we all had visions of sugar plumbs dancing in our heads.

But of course, the union was shut out of the process, according to spokesman George Atallah.