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(v)
(transitive) To prevent from entering; to block or exclude.
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(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
(transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
(intransitive) To refrain from entering a place or condition.
(adj)
Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
Pressed tightly together.
(obsolete) To make tight; tighten.
That blinks.
(n)
The act of someone who winks.
The act of one who squints.
(rare) Not open; closed.
having eyes half closed in order to see better
(photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.
Alternative spelling of shutoff, often used attributively. [A valve used to turn something off.]
The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.
The act by which something is closed.
(transitive) To disconnect from a supply, especially an electrical socket.
(intransitive) To cease moving.
The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
(transitive) To sever or interrupt a connection.
(transitive, figurative) To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.
To take out of service or to render unusable.
(formal, intransitive) To stop.
Having been the subject of termination; ended or destroyed.
(transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed.
(transitive) To leave (a place).
(transitive, politics) To end the parliamentary debate on (an issue) by closure.
Having been quenched or eliminated.
(transitive) To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
(intransitive) To conclude; to bring something to an end.
Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.
(transitive) To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).
(especially in combination) Having (a specified kind or number of) ends.
(transitive) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
(transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.
Having been placed under arrest, or having been charged with a crime.
(transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
To make a non-linear physical movement.
(transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
Closed by a seal.
Contained; held within a container.
Used for closing securely.
(intransitive, transitive) To utter shh.
Firm, unyielding, determined.
(intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
(transitive) To cause (someone or something) to become quiet.
The absence of any sound.
(sports) To release a player outright, without conditions.
Having undergone locking; secured by a lock.
The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
(chiefly transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
(countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
(transitive) To make firm or strong; fix securely.
(more generally) In the state resulting from having stopped.
Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
(transitive) To seek to achieve or win (a prize).
that has been disintegrated in a solvent
not yet opened; still closed
(transitive) To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
(transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
A head of hair; tresses.
(transitive, intransitive) To acquire or settle on land as a homestead.
A house (usually the main house) on a farm; thus:
(transitive) To lay up in a barn.
A farm, including its buildings.
(transitive, intransitive) To operate a ranch; to engage in ranching.
(intransitive) To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.
(transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
(transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
A French commune in the Haute-Corse department, Corsica.
(countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
firmly fastened or secured against opening
(ambitransitive) To attach or connect in a secure manner.
A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
Free from attack or danger; protected.
(transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
A lid.
A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are apart together.
(transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.
(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
Someone or something that stops something.
(transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.
(clothing) A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
(transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
A doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
(usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
Having undergone opening.
(intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
(transitive) To open (something) again.
Packed, crowded, (of a venue) full of would-be customers.