Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shuht]
- /ʃʌt/
- /ʃʌt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shuht]
- /ʃʌt/
Definitions of shut word
- verb with object shut to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct. 1
- verb with object shut to close the doors of (often followed by up): to shut up a shop for the night. 1
- verb with object shut to close (something) by bringing together or folding its parts: Shut your book. Shut the window! 1
- verb with object shut to confine; enclose: to shut a bird into a cage. 1
- verb with object shut to bar; exclude: They shut him from their circle. 1
- verb with object shut to cause (a factory, school, etc.) to end or suspend operations, services, or business activity: He shut his store, sold his house, and moved away. We're shutting the office for two weeks in June. 1
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Origin of shut
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English s(c)hutten, s(c)hetten, s(c)hitten Old English scyttan “to bolt (a door)”; akin to shoot1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Shut
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shut popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
shut usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shut
adj shut
- airtight — If a container is airtight, its lid fits so tightly that no air can get in or out.
- closed — A closed group of people does not welcome new people or ideas from outside.
- come to an end — to become completed or exhausted
- dehiscent — (of fruits, anthers, etc) opening spontaneously to release seeds or pollen
- finished — ended or completed.
adv shut
- ajar — If a door is ajar, it is slightly open.
verb shut
- button up — to fasten (a garment) with a button or buttons
- caulk — If you caulk something such as a boat, you fill small cracks in its surface in order to prevent it from leaking.
- caulking — to fill or close seams or crevices of (a tank, window, etc.) in order to make watertight, airtight, etc.
- close in — If a group of people close in on a person or place, they come nearer and nearer to them and gradually surround them.
- corked — (of a wine) tainted through having a cork containing excess tannin
adjective shut
- disclosed — Simple past tense and past participle of disclose.
- expanded — Being or having been enlarged, extended, or broadened, in particular.
- watertight — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
Antonyms for shut
verb shut
- admit — If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
- be big on — large, as in size, height, width, or amount: a big house; a big quantity.
- gapped — a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach: We found a gap in the enemy's line of fortifications.
- gapping — a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach: We found a gap in the enemy's line of fortifications.
adj shut
- be had — To be deceived.
- bloody — Bloody is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they are angry.
- chasmal — a yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface; gorge.
- dehiscent — (of fruits, anthers, etc) opening spontaneously to release seeds or pollen
- gaping — to stare with open mouth, as in wonder.
adjective shut
- ensanguined — Simple past tense and past participle of ensanguine.
- fastened — to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- hindered — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- imbrued — Simple past tense and past participle of imbrue.
- nondiscriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
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