shuts
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Pronunciation
- IPA /ʃʌts/
Noun
shuts noun
- The act or time of shutting; close.“the shut of a door”
- A door or cover; a shutter.
- The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.
shuts noun
- A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.
Verb
shuts verb
- To close, to stop from being open.“Please shut the door.”
- To close, to stop being open.“If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut.”
- To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.“The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.”
- To confine in an enclosed area.“I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out.”
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shut outcloseexcludekeep outclosedcompressedtightblinkingwinkingsquintingunopensquinchedblocksclosesclosingclosure
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