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ALL meanings of shut in

shut in
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  • transitivephrasal verb shut in enclose, confine 1
  • noun shut in person confined to a place 1
  • adjective shut in confined to a place 1
  • 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
  • verb with object shut in to close (something) by bringing together or folding its parts: Shut your book. Shut the window! 1
  • verb with object shut in to confine; enclose: to shut a bird into a cage. 1
  • verb with object shut in to bar; exclude: They shut him from their circle. 1
  • verb with object shut in 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
  • verb with object shut in to bolt; bar. 1
  • verb without object shut in to become shut or closed; close. 1
  • phrasal verb shut in If you shut someone or something in a room, you close the door so that they cannot leave it. 0
  • phrasal verb shut in If you shut yourself in a room, you stay in there and make sure nobody else can get in. 0
  • countable noun shut in A shut-in is someone who is ill for a long time, and has to stay in bed or at home. 0
  • noun shut in a person confined indoors by illness 0
  • noun shut in (as modifier) 0
  • noun shut in a condition in which the person is highly withdrawn and unable to express his own feelings 0
  • noun shut in to surround or enclose; hem in 0
  • adjective shut in confined to one's home, an institution, etc. by illness or infirmity 0
  • adjective shut in inclined to shun others; withdrawn 0
  • noun shut in an invalid who is shut-in 0
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