WikiWord

shuts

From WikiWord

English

Etymology

No etymology has been added yet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA /ʃʌts/

Noun

shuts noun

  1. The act or time of shutting; close.“the shut of a door”
  2. A door or cover; a shutter.
  3. The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.

shuts noun

  1. A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.

Verb

shuts verb

  1. To close, to stop from being open.“Please shut the door.”
  2. To close, to stop being open.“If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut.”
  3. To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.“The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.”
  4. To confine in an enclosed area.“I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out.”

Word map

shut outcloseexcludekeep outclosedcompressedtightblinkingwinkingsquintingshuts

Related terms

Synonyms

Rhymes

Usage & collocations

No usage or collocation data has been added yet.

Community definitions

Community definitions for shuts appear here as readers add and vote on them.

Usage in the wild

Real example sentences for shuts appear here as readers add them.

References