ALL meanings of close down
close down
C c - adjective close down lacking fresh or freely circulating air: a hot, close room. 1
- adjective close down heavy; oppressive: a spell of close, sultry weather. 1
- adjective close down narrowly confined, as a prisoner. 1
- adjective close down practicing or keeping secrecy; secretive; reticent: She is so close that you can tell her all your secrets. 1
- adjective close down parsimonious; stingy: He is very close with his money. 1
- adjective close down scarce, as money. 1
- adjective close down not open to public or general admission, competition, etc.: The entire parish participated in the close communication. 1
- adjective close down (of a delimiting punctuation mark) occurring at the end of a group of words or characters that is set off, as from surrounding text: close parentheses; close quotes; close brackets. Compare open (def 32). 1
- adjective close down Hunting, Angling. closed (def 8). 1
- adjective close down Phonetics. (of a vowel) articulated with a relatively small opening between the tongue and the roof of the mouth. Compare high (def 23), open (def 35a). 1
- adjective close down Heraldry. (of a bird) represented as having folded wings: an eagle close. 1
- adjective close down Archaic. viscous; not volatile. 1
- adverb close down in a close manner; closely. 1
- adverb close down near; close by. 1
- adverb close down Heraldry. immediately behind the ears, so as to show no neck: a bear's head couped close. 1
- noun close down the act of closing. 1
- noun close down the end or conclusion: at the close of day; the close of the speech. 1
- noun close down an enclosed place or enclosure, especially one about or beside a cathedral or other building. 1
- noun close down any piece of land held as private property. 1
- noun close down complimentary close. 1
- noun close down Music. cadence (def 7). 1
- noun close down Stock Exchange. the closing price on a stock. the closing prices on an exchange market. 1
- noun close down Scot. a narrow entry or alley terminating in a dead end. a courtyard enclosed except for one narrow entrance. 1
- noun close down Archaic. a junction; union. 1
- noun close down Obsolete. a close encounter; a grapple: The fighters met in a fierce close. 1
- idioms close down close ranks, to unite forces, especially by overlooking petty differences, in order to deal with an adverse or challenging situation; to join together in a show of unity, especially to the public: When the newspaper story broke suggesting possible corruption in the government, the politicians all closed ranks. 1
- idioms close down close to the wind, Nautical. in a direction nearly opposite to that from which the wind is coming: to sail close to the wind. 1
- idioms close down close up, from close range; in a detailed manner; intimately. Nautical. fully raised; at the top of the halyard: an answering pennant flown close up. Compare dip1 (def 37). 1
- intransitivephrasal verb close down business: cease trading 1
- transitivephrasal verb close down prevent sth from operating 1
- verb close down (Transitive Verb) VI To stop trading as a business. 0
- verb close down (Transitive Verb) To surround someone, as to impede their movement. 0