shut

1. To 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

2. (intransitive, transitive)To make or become unreceptive.

   He has shut his mind to new ideas.

   become closed

3. (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.

4. (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.

5. (intransitive, transitive)To cease operation or cease to be available.

   Phone lines will shut in ten minutes.

6. (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.

7. (transitive)To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.

   He's just gone and shut his finger in the door!

8. (transitive)To confine in an enclosed area; to enclose.

   I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out.

9. (transitive)To isolate, to close off from the world.

10. (transitive)To preclude, exclude.

11. (colloquial)Synonym of shut up (“to stop talking or arguing”).

1. I shut the door behind me.

   Я зачинив за собою дверi.

   ruЯ закрыл за собой дверь.

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2. Please shut the door behind you.

   Будь ласка, зачини за собою двері.

   ruПожалуйста, закройте за собой дверь.

   deSchließ bitte die Tür hinter dir.

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3. Tom told Mary to shut up.

   Том сказав Мері замовкнути.

   ruТом сказал Мэри замолчать.

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4. Will you shut the door, please?

   Зачини двері, будь ласка.

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5. Tom tried to shut the door.

   Том спробував зачинити двері.

   ruТом попытался закрыть дверь.

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irregular · Lesson

• 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.