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shut
Overview of verb shut
The verb shut has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (10) close, shut -- (move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window")
2. (2) close, shut -- (become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang")
3. (1) exclude, keep out, shut out, shut -- (prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country")
Overview of adj shut
The adj shut has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (7) shut, unopen, closed -- (not open; "the door slammed shut")
2. (2) closed, shut -- (used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight")
Grep of noun shut
shut-in
shutdown
shute
shuteye
shutout
shutter
shutterbug
shutting
shutting post
shuttle
shuttle bus
shuttle diplomacy
shuttle helicopter
shuttlecock
shuttlecock fern
Antonyms of verb shut
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb shut
3 senses of shut
Sense 1
close, shut
Also See> shut up#2; shut in#1
Sense 2
close, shut
=> change state, turn
=> change
Sense 3
exclude, keep out, shut out, shut
=> prevent, keep
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb shut
2 of 3 senses of shut
Sense 1
close, shut
=> snap
=> slat
=> slam, bang
=> shutter
=> draw
=> bung
=> seal, seal off
Sense 3
exclude, keep out, shut out, shut
=> excommunicate, unchurch, curse
=> lock out
=> ostracize, ostracise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb shut
3 senses of shut
Sense 1
close, shut
Also See> shut up#2; shut in#1
Sense 2
close, shut
=> change state, turn
Sense 3
exclude, keep out, shut out, shut
=> prevent, keep
'Cause To' of verb shut
1 of 3 senses of shut
Sense 1
close, shut
=> close, shut
Derived Forms of verb shut
3 senses of shut
Sense 1
close, shut
RELATED TO>(noun) shutter#2
=> shutter
RELATED TO>(noun) shutter#1
=> shutter
RELATED TO>(noun) shutting#1
=> shutting, closing
Sense 2
close, shut
RELATED TO>(noun) shutter#1
=> shutter
Sense 3
exclude, keep out, shut out, shut
RELATED TO>(noun) shutter#1
=> shutter
Domain of verb shut
Domain Terms of verb shut
Familiarity of verb shut
shut used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb shut
3 senses of shut
Sense 1
close, shut
EX: They want to shut the doors
Sense 2
close, shut
EX: The doors shut
Sense 3
exclude, keep out, shut out, shut
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb shut
2 of 3 senses of shut
Sense 2
close, shut
> change state, turn
=> wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
=> zonk out, pass out, black out
=> come to, revive, resuscitate
=> tense, tense up
=> relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
=> reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
=> gain, put on
=> dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
=> cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
=> conceive
=> secularize, secularise
=> citrate
=> equilibrate
=> fall
=> become, go, get
=> worsen, decline
=> better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
=> disengage
=> overgrow
=> concentrate
=> break
=> acidify, acetify
=> alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify
=> ionize, ionise
=> ossify
=> catalyze, catalyse
=> get worse, relapse
=> fluctuate
=> explode, burst forth, break loose
=> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
=> be born
=> cloud over
=> carbonize, carbonise
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, hot up, heat up
=> carbonize, carbonise, carburize, carburise
=> freeze
=> boil
=> burn, combust
=> emaciate
=> Frenchify
=> thin
=> thicken, inspissate
=> solvate
=> react
=> dissolve, fade out, fade away
=> empty, discharge
=> fill, fill up
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> curdle, clabber, clot
=> clot, coagulate
=> sour, turn, ferment, work
=> integrate
=> precipitate
=> calcify
=> coke
=> carnify
=> chondrify
=> emulsify
=> denitrify
=> esterify
=> etherify
=> thrombose
=> open, open up
=> close, shut
=> sorb, take up
=> calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it
=> thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish
=> emancipate, liberate
=> get into, tangle with
=> liquefy
=> erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
Sense 3
exclude, keep out, shut out, shut
> prevent, keep
=> defend
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> exclude, keep out, shut out, shut
=> hold
=> keep away
=> blank
=> impede, hinder
=> rain out, wash out
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb shut
Sense 1
close, shut
Sense 2
close, shut
=> change state, turn
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Sense 3
exclude, keep out, shut out, shut
=> prevent, keep
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Grep of verb shut
keep one's mouth shut
shut
shut away
shut down
shut in
shut off
shut one's mouth
shut out
shut up
shutter
shuttle
shuttlecock
Antonyms of adj shut
2 senses of shut
Sense 1
shut (vs. open), unopen, closed
open (vs. shut), unfastened
=> ajar(predicate)
=> wide-open
Sense 2
closed (vs. open), shut
Similarity of adj shut
2 senses of shut
Sense 1
shut (vs. open), unopen, closed
Also See> closed#1
Sense 2
closed (vs. open), shut
=> blinking, winking
=> compressed, tight
=> squinched, squinting
Pertainyms of adj shut
Attributes of adj shut
Domain of adj shut
Domain Terms of adj shut
Familiarity of adj shut
shut used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj shut
open-and-shut
shut
shut-in
shut up
shuttered
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