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shut
(shŭt)v. shut, shut·ting, shuts
v.tr.
1.
a. To move (a door or lid, for example) so as to block passage through an opening.
b. To fasten with a lock, catch, or latch: shut the cabinet.
2. To block entrance to or exit from; close: shut a corridor.
3. To confine in a closed space: shut them in a cage.
4. To exclude from a closed space: shut the cats out of the house.
5. To fold up or bring together the parts of: shut the book.
6. To cause to stop operating: shut down a restaurant; a school that was shut for the vacation.
v.intr.
1. To move or become moved so as to block passage; close: a door that shuts by itself.
2. To stop operating, especially automatically: The electricity shuts off at midnight.
n.
Phrasal Verbs: 1. The act or time of shutting.
2. The line of connection between welded pieces of metal.
shut off
1. To stop the flow or passage of; cut off: shut off the hot water by closing a valve.
2. To close off; isolate: loners who shut themselves off from the community.
shut out Sports
To prevent (an opponent) from scoring any runs or points.
shut up
Idiom: 1. To cause (someone) to stop speaking; silence.
2. To stop speaking.
shut (one's) eyes to
To refuse to consider or acknowledge: administrators who shut their eyes to pervasive corruption.
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Verb | 1. | shut out - 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" excommunicate, unchurch, curse - exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner" lock out - prevent employees from working during a strike |
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shut
verbTo move (a door, for example) in order to cover an opening:
shut in
phrasal verb
shut off or out
phrasal verb
shut out
1. To exclude from normal social or professional activities:
2. To keep from being admitted, included, or considered:
shut up
1. To confine within a limited area:
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Translations
w>shut out
vt sep
person, oneself → aussperren (of aus); view → versperren; light, world → nicht hereinlassen (→ of in +acc); the child was shut out of the house → das Kind war ausgesperrt; don’t shut the sun out → lass doch die Sonne herein; draw the curtains to shut out the light → zieh die Vorhänge zu, damit das Licht nicht hereinfällt; the trees shut out the light → die Bäume nehmen das Licht weg; she closed the door to shut out the noise/draught (Brit) or draft (US) → sie schloss die Tür, damit kein Lärm hereinkam/damit es nicht zog
(fig) foreign competition → ausschalten; memory → loswerden, unterdrücken; (= censor) foreign news etc → unterdrücken; I can’t shut her out of my life → ich kann sie nicht von meinem Leben ausschließen
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