Shut

of Shut

To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.

To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade.

To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.

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 close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.

Closed or fastened; as, a shut door.

Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person.

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.

Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are.

The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.

A door or cover; a shutter.

The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.