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- [shuht in]
- /ʃʌt ɪn/
- /ʃʌt ɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shuht in]
- /ʃʌt ɪn/
Definitions of shut in words
- adjective shut in closed; fastened up: a shut door. 1
- adjective shut in Phonetics. checked (def 2). 1
- noun shut in the act or time of shutting or closing. 1
- noun shut in the line where two pieces of welded metal are united. 1
- verb with object shut in to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct. 1
- verb with object shut in to close the doors of (often followed by up): to shut up a shop for the night. 1
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Origin of shut in
First appearance:
before 1840 One of the 33% newest English words
1840-50, Americanism; adj., noun use of verb phrase shut in
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Shut in
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shut in popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
shut in usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shut in
verb shut in
- barricade — A barricade is a line of vehicles or other objects placed across a road or open space to stop people getting past, for example during street fighting or as a protest.
- bastille — a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
- besiege — If you are besieged by people, many people want something from you and continually bother you.
- blockaded — the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
- bottle up — If you bottle up strong feelings, you do not express them or show them, especially when this makes you tense or angry.
adj shut in
- bedfast — bedridden
- confined — If something is confined to a particular place, it exists only in that place. If it is confined to a particular group, only members of that group have it.
- cramper — a spiked metal plate used as a brace for the feet in throwing the stone
- iced — of or made of ice: ice shavings; an ice sculpture.
adjective shut in
- caged — A caged bird or animal is inside a cage.
- circumscribed — to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
- claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
- compassed — Simple past tense and past participle of compass.
- cramp — Cramp is a sudden strong pain caused by a muscle suddenly contracting. You sometimes get cramp in a muscle after you have been making a physical effort over a long period of time.
noun shut in
- consumptive — A consumptive person suffers from tuberculosis.
- incurable — not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
Antonyms for shut in
verb shut in
- loose — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
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