close off

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Verb	1.	close off - stem the flow of; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation" shut off cease, discontinue, lay off, quit, stop, give up - put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
	2.	close off - isolate or separate; "She was shut off from the friends" shut off divide, separate - make a division or separation curtain off - separate by means of a curtain
	3.	close off - block off the passage through; "We shut off the valve" block off, shut off barricade, block, block up, blockade, block off, bar, stop - render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"

close

adjective

1. Not far from another in space, time, or relation:

adjacent, contiguous, immediate, near, nearby, nigh, proximate.

Idioms: at hand, under one's nose, within a stone's throw, within hailing distance.

2. Very closely associated:

chummy, familiar, friendly, intimate.

Informal: thick.

Slang: tight.

Idiom: hand in glove with.

3. Having all parts near to each other:

compact, crowded, dense, packed, thick, tight.

4. Nearly equivalent or even:

neck and neck, nip and tuck, tight.

5. Not deviating from correctness, accuracy, or completeness:

exact, faithful, full, rigorous, strict.

6. Affording little room for movement:

confining, cramped, crowded, narrow, snug, tight.

7. Oppressive due to a lack of fresh air:

airless, stifling, stuffy.

8. Not speaking freely or openly:

close-mouthed, incommunicable, incommunicative, reserved, reticent, silent, taciturn, tightlipped, uncommunicable, uncommunicative.

9. Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money:

cheap, close-fisted, costive, hard-fisted, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, petty, pinching, stingy, tight, tightfisted.

verb

1. To move (a door, for example) in order to cover an opening:

shut.

2. To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container:

block, choke, clog, congest, cork, fill, plug, stop.

3. To bring or come to a natural or proper end:

complete, conclude, consummate, end, finish, terminate, wind up, wrap up.

4. To come together:

converge, meet.

phrasal verb
close in

To surround and advance upon:

besiege, enclose, envelop, hedge, hem.

phrasal verb
close off

To set apart from a group:

cut off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester.

phrasal verb
close out

To get rid of completely by selling, especially in quantity or at a discount:

dump, sell off, sell out, unload.

noun

1. A concluding or terminating:

cease, cessation, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, end of the line, finish, period, stop, stopping point, termination, terminus, wind-up, wrap-up.

2. The last part:

conclusion, end, ending, finale, finish, last, termination, wind-up, wrap-up.

3. An area partially or entirely enclosed by walls or buildings:

atrium, court, courtyard, enclosure, quad, quadrangle, yard.

adverb

To a point near in time, space, or relation:

closely, hard, near, nearby, nigh.

Translations

w>close off

vt sep → abriegeln, (ab)sperren; (= separate off) area of office etc → abteilen, abtrennen

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References in periodicals archive ?

Since the trajectory also required close observation by military planes, it was more logical to close off a large area of ocean close to Taiwan to conduct the tests, commentators said.

Taiwan tests missiles off east coast

Why then have we continued to close off our airspace for such flights indefinitely?

Losing money

Grief affects people in different ways and, perhaps if he's quite a closed-off person as you describe, that's why he wants to "close off" the funeral and keep it private for him and other close members of the family.

I'M SAD I CAN'T SAY GOODBYE TO MY FRIEND

Authorities were quick to arrive at the scene and close off the road as they commenced with clean-up operations, which took several hours.

Large load of concrete blocks spills over from truck as 'driver loses control'

PLANS to close off one of the busiest routes in and out of Nuneaton to repair potholes have been abandoned because of all of the roadworks in town.

Plan to close Tuttle Hill is abandoned

Police close off part of the sliproad onto the M62 near the roundabout junction with Watkinson Way follow a suspected shooting in St Helens.

Dramatic pictures of huge police response at scene where man was shot dead; Green screens were set up on the road while forensic detectives searched the scene for evidence

He noted that once they close off again the Asean lane as early as Suday morning, motorists could not use it since it would be difficult for them to funnel out the cars should a convoy pass by.

MMDA: Avoid Edsa despite opening of northbound Asean lane

UNIVERSITY plans to close off a Jewellery Quarter street during the week "to protect students" have stalled.

City college plan to close off street stalls

| Police close off Dumfries Place and other main roads in the centre of Cardiff yesterday after a man was spotted

Rooftop drama sparks city centre roads shutdown

Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh told CNN on Thursday that the decision to close off al-Aqsa Mosque was a "brazen challenge" and "grave behavior" that would lead to "further tensions and instability." Violence reached a new high late Wednesday, after a gunman on a motorcycle shot and seriously wounded Glick outside a conference promoting greater Jewish access to the holy site.

Closing al-Aqsa Mosque 'a declaration of war' (Abbas)

Onlooker Fred Brown said: "I heard all the emergency services going there and saw the police close off the road.

COLLAPSED HOUSE LEADS TO CLOSURE

A spokesman said: "The organisers of another event were very sensible to close off Cader Idris.