ALL meanings of shut out
shut out
S s - verb with object shut out to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct. 1
- verb with object shut out to close the doors of (often followed by up): to shut up a shop for the night. 1
- verb with object shut out to close (something) by bringing together or folding its parts: Shut your book. Shut the window! 1
- verb with object shut out to confine; enclose: to shut a bird into a cage. 1
- verb with object shut out to bar; exclude: They shut him from their circle. 1
- verb with object shut out 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 out to bolt; bar. 1
- verb without object shut out to become shut or closed; close. 1
- adjective shut out closed; fastened up: a shut door. 1
- adjective shut out Phonetics. checked (def 2). 1
- noun shut out the act or time of shutting or closing. 1
- noun shut out the line where two pieces of welded metal are united. 1
- transitivephrasal verb shut out leave outside 1
- transitivephrasal verb shut out not listen 1
- transitivephrasal verb shut out sound, sight: block 1
- transitivephrasal verb shut out person: exclude 1
- transitivephrasal verb shut out team: prevent scoring 1
- phrasal verb shut out If you shut something or someone out, you prevent them from getting into a place, for example by closing the doors. 0
- phrasal verb shut out If you shut out a thought or a feeling, you prevent yourself from thinking or feeling it. 0
- phrasal verb shut out If you shut someone out of something, you prevent them from having anything to do with it. 0
- noun shut out to deny entrance or admission to; exclude (sound, a view, etc.) 0
- noun shut out to prevent (an opposing side or team) from scoring in a game or from winning even one game in a series of games 0