ALL meanings of close
close
C c - verb close When you close your eyes or your eyes close, your eyelids move downwards, so that you can no longer see. 3
- verb close When a place closes or is closed, work or activity stops there for a short period. 3
- verb close If a place such as a factory, shop, or school closes, or if it is closed, all work or activity stops there permanently. 3
- verb close Close down means the same as close1. 3
- verb close To close a road or border means to block it in order to prevent people from using it. 3
- verb close To close a conversation, event, or matter means to bring it to an end or to complete it. 3
- verb close If you close a bank account, you take all your money out of it and inform the bank that you will no longer be using the account. 3
- verb close On the stock market or the currency markets, if a share price or a currency closes at a particular value, that is its value at the end of the day's business. 3
- singular noun close The close of a period of time or an activity is the end of it. To bring or draw something to a close means to end it. 3
- adjective close If one thing or person is close to another, there is only a very small distance between them. 3
- adjective close You say that people are close to each other when they like each other very much and know each other very well. 3
- adjective close Your close relatives are the members of your family who are most directly related to you, for example your parents and your brothers or sisters. 3
- adjective close A close ally or partner of someone knows them well and is very involved in their work. 3
- adjective close Close contact or co-operation involves seeing or communicating with someone often. 3
- adjective close If there is a close connection or resemblance between two things, they are strongly connected or are very similar. 3
- adjective close Close inspection or observation of something is careful and thorough. 3
- adjective close A close competition or election is won or seems likely to be won by only a small amount. 3
- adjective close If you are close to something or if it is close, it is likely to happen or come soon. If you are close to doing something, you are likely to do it soon. 3
- adjective close If something is close or comes close to something else, it almost is, does, or experiences that thing. 3
- adjective close If the atmosphere somewhere is close, it is unpleasantly warm with not enough air. 3
- verb close If you are closing on someone or something that you are following, you are getting nearer and nearer to them. 3
- countable noun close Close is used in the names of some streets in Britain. 3
- adjective close near in space or time; in proximity 3
- adjective close having the parts near together; dense 3
- adjective close down or near to the surface; short 3
- adjective close near in relationship 3
- adjective close intimate or confidential 3
- adjective close almost equal or even 3
- adjective close not deviating or varying greatly from a model or standard 3
- adjective close careful, strict, or searching 3
- adjective close (of a style of play in football, hockey, etc) characterized by short passes 3
- adjective close confined or enclosed 3
- adjective close shut or shut tight 3
- adjective close oppressive, heavy, or airless 3
- adjective close strictly guarded 3
- adjective close neat or tight in fit 3
- adjective close secretive or reticent 3
- adjective close miserly; not generous, esp with money 3
- adjective close (of money or credit) hard to obtain; scarce 3
- adjective close restricted as to public admission or membership 3
- adjective close hidden or secluded 3
- adjective close restricted or prohibited as to the type of game or fish able to be taken 3
- adjective close denoting a vowel pronounced with the lips relatively close together 3
- adverb close closely; tightly 3
- adverb close near or in proximity 3
- verb close to put or be put in such a position as to cover an opening; shut 3
- verb close to bar, obstruct, or fill up (an entrance, a hole, etc) 3
- verb close to bring the parts or edges of (a wound, etc) together or (of the edges of a wound, etc) to be brought together 3
- verb close to take hold 3
- verb close to bring or be brought to an end; terminate 3