shut

shut
[[t]ʃʌ̱t[/t]]
♦♦♦
shuts, shutting
(The form shut is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.)
1) V-ERG If you shut something such as a door or if it shuts, it moves so that it fills a hole or a space.

[V n] Just make sure you shut the gate after you...

The screen door shut gently.

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ADJ: v-link ADJ
Shut is also an adjective.

They have warned residents to stay inside and keep their doors and windows shut... The exit doors were locked shut.

2) VERB If you shut your eyes, you lower your eyelids so that you cannot see anything.

[V n] Lucy shut her eyes so she wouldn't see it happen.

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ADJ: v-link ADJ
Shut is also an adjective.

His eyes were shut and he seemed to have fallen asleep.

3) V-ERG If your mouth shuts or if you shut your mouth, you place your lips firmly together.

Daniel's mouth opened, and then shut again...

[V n] He opened and shut his mouth, unspeaking.

ADJ: v-link ADJ
Shut is also an adjective.

She was silent for a moment, lips tight shut, eyes distant.

4) V-ERG When a store, bar, or other public building shuts or when someone shuts it, it is closed and you cannot use it until it is open again.

[V n] There is a tendency to shut museums or shops at a moment's notice...

Shops usually shut from noon-3pm, and stay open late...

What time do the pubs shut?

Syn:
ADJ: v-link ADJ
Shut is also an adjective.

Make sure you have food to tide you over when the local shop may be shut.

5) PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n (disapproval) If you say that someone shuts their eyes to something, you mean that they deliberately ignore something which they should deal with.

We shut our eyes to the plainest facts, refusing to admit the truth...

She was shutting her eyes to reality, just as she had done after Matthew died.

6) PHRASE: V inflects If someone tells you to keep your mouth shut about something, they are telling you not to let anyone else know about it.

I don't have to tell you how important it is for you to keep your mouth shut about all this...

He paid my brother to kill Norton and keep his mouth shut.

7) PHRASE: V inflects If you keep your mouth shut, you do not express your opinions about something, even though you would like to.

If she had kept her mouth shut she would still have her job now.

8) PHRASE: N inflects (disapproval) If someone tells you to shut your mouth or shut your face, they are telling you very rudely to stop talking. [INFORMAL, RUDE]

`Oi, shut your mouth and have respect for elders,' Langda said to the boy.

9) shut up shop → see shop
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