shut

Meanings

• Verb

  To close or make something impossible to pass through or enter; to bar the entrance of.

  - "I shut the door before the wind blew in."
  - "The gate was shut, preventing anyone from entering."

• Verb

  To put an end to something; to stop or cease.

  - "The party was shut down by the police."
  - "He shut off the water supply to fix the leak."

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Pronunciation

1. /ʃʌt/
   
   
   
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2. /ʃʌt/
   
   
   
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Antonyms

open , distant , far , far off , faraway , remote , aloof , cool , distant

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Synonyms

high , close by , near , nearby , muggy , oppressive , intimate

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with shut
hut , put , but , cut

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Variants

List of all variants of shut that leads to same result
shut , shuts , shutting , shut down , shuts down , shutting down , shut-eye , shut-eyes , shut-in , shut-ins , shut in , shuts in , shutting in , shut off , shuts off , shutting off , shut out , shuts out , shutting out

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Etymology

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Old English scythian, from scydan ‘to close’.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'shut' is used approximately 4,500 times in the English language.

2. In the game of Scrabble, the word 'shut' is worth 6 points.

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Related Concepts

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1. Close: Synonym of shut, meaning to make something no longer accessible or open.

2. Lock: To secure a door, gate, or other opening by using a lock.

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Culture

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In literature, 'shut' is often used to create a sense of closure or finality. For example, in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Masque of the Red Death', the Prince Prospero orders his castle to be 'shut up' to protect himself from the Red Death.

How to Memorize "shut"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a door being closed or a gate being shut.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'shut' with the action of closing a door or stopping an activity.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the sentence: 'Shut the door, shut out the cold.'

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