Shut

shut, v.t. to close, as a door: to forbid entrance into: to contract, close, or bring together the parts of: to confine: to catch in the act of shutting something.— v.i. to close itself: to be closed.— pr.p. shut′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. shut.— p.adj. made fast, closed: not resonant, dull: formed by closing the mouth and nose pa ages completely, said of consonants, as t , d , p : having the sound cut off sharply by a succeeding consonant, as the i in pin , .: freed from (with of ).— ns. Shut′down , a discontinuance of work in a factory, .; Shut′ter , one who, or that which, shuts: a close cover for a window or aperture: ( phot. ) a device for opening and closing a lens.— v.t. to cover with shutters.— n. Shut′ter-dam , a form of movable dam having large gates opened and closed by a turbine.— Shut down , to stop working; Shut in , to enclose, to confine: to settle down, or fall (said, e.g., of evening); Shut off , to exclude; Shut out , to prevent from entering; Shut up , to close, to confine: ( coll. ) to cease speaking, to make one do so, to make it impo ible to answer. [A.S. scyttan , to bar— sceótan , to shoot.]