shut
To close, in various sensesTo close, in various senses.: To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
» I shut the door behind me.
Я закрыл за собой дверь.
Я зачинив за собою дверi.
Meaning
11 sensesTo close, in various senses.
(intransitive, transitive)To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
Please shut the door.
The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
(intransitive, transitive)To make or become unreceptive.
He has shut his mind to new ideas.
become closed
(UK, intransitive, transitive)To close (a business or venue) temporarily or permanently.
They generally shut the museum each day at 6 pm.
The supermarket shuts at eight o'clock.
(intransitive, transitive)To put out of use or operation.
We are shutting the phone lines at 9 pm.
They shut the airport because of a bomb scare.
(intransitive, transitive)To cease operation or cease to be available.
Phone lines will shut in ten minutes.
(ergative, intransitive, transitive)To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
Shut the file when you have finished reading data.
This app has a bug: when you try to sort a large spreadsheet, it shuts.
(transitive)To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.
He's just gone and shut his finger in the door!
(transitive)To confine in an enclosed area; to enclose.
I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out.
(transitive)To isolate, to close off from the world.
(transitive)To preclude, exclude.
(colloquial)Synonym of shut up (“to stop talking or arguing”).
Examples
1490 sentencesI shut the door behind me.
Я зачинив за собою дверi.
ruЯ закрыл за собой дверь.
Please shut the door behind you.
Будь ласка, зачини за собою двері.
ruПожалуйста, закройте за собой дверь.
deSchließ bitte die Tür hinter dir.
Tom told Mary to shut up.
Том сказав Мері замовкнути.
ruТом сказал Мэри замолчать.
Will you shut the door, please?
Зачини двері, будь ласка.
Tom tried to shut the door.
Том спробував зачинити двері.
ruТом попытался закрыть дверь.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English schitten, schetten, from Old English sċyttan (“to cause rapid movementFrom Middle English schitten, schetten, from Old English sċyttan (“to cause rapid movement, shoot a bolt, shut, bolt”), from Proto-West Germanic *skuttjan, from Proto-Germanic *skutjaną, *skuttijaną (“to bar, bolt”), from Proto-Germanic *skuttą, *skuttjō (“bar, bolt, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to drive, fall upon, rush”). The Modern English word was originally a dialect form; the Old English word would have normally merged with shit.
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Forms
shuts, shutting, shut, shutPhrasal verbs
6 phrasal verbs- shut upзробити, робитиTo close (a building) so that no one can enter.
- shut outзакрити, закриватиTo prevent from entering; to block or exclude.
- shut inобмежувати, вкладатиTo confine.
- shut downвимкнути, вимикатиTo close, terminate, or end; to stop operating, either permanently or temporarily.
- shut awayприбрати, прибиратиTo isolate (someone) in a closed-off area or room.
- shut offTo stop or turn off by closing something, such as a valve.
Synonyms
5 synonymsWord family
22 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- shut the door
- shut the window
- mouth shut
- shut up and
- the door shut
- to shut the
- shut the gate
- his mouth shut
- just shut up
- to shut up
- door shut
- shut the barn