Synonyms of shut in English:

shut

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See UK English definition of shut

See Spanish definition of cerrar

verb

1‘please shut the door’

SYNONYMS

close, draw to, pull to, push to, slam, fasten

put the lid on, bar, lock, latch, padlock, secure, seal

put up the shutters

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open, unlock

Phrases

shut something down

1‘they have shut down the factory’

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close, close down, discontinue, put into receivership, liquidate, put into liquidation

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open, open up

2‘the correct way to shut the machine down is to type ‘exit’’

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switch off, power down, stop, halt

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switch on, start

shut something off

‘a door pivots to shut off the gallery’

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close off, seal off, tape off, fence off, rope off, screen off, curtain off, cordon off, partition off, separate off, isolate, segregate, blockade, quarantine

seal, close, turn off, cut, stop, halt

enclose, encircle, surround

shut up

‘just shut up and listen’

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be quiet, keep quiet, stay quiet, be silent, keep silent, stay silent, hold one's tongue, keep one's lips sealed

stop talking, say no more, fall silent, dry up

British quieten, quieten down

North American quiet, quiet down

informal keep mum, button one's lip, button it, cut the cackle, pipe down, clam up, shut it, shut your face, shut your mouth, shut your trap, keep your face shut, keep your mouth shut, keep your trap shut, put a sock in it, give it a rest

British informal wrap up, wrap it up, shut your gob, belt up

North American informal save it, can it

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speak up

shut someone or something in

‘she pushed the dogs into the breakfast room and shut them in’

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confine, enclose, impound, shut up, pen, pen in, pen up, fence in, hedge in

hurdle, rail in, coop, coop up, mew up, immure, box in, box up, wall in, wall up, lock in, lock up, cage, imprison, intern, hold captive, incarcerate, encircle, surround, ring, encompass, hem in, close in, trap, kettle

North American corral

rare gird, compass

shut someone or something up

1‘I haven't shut the hens up yet’

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confine, enclose, impound, pen, pen in, pen up, fence in, hedge in

hurdle, rail in, coop, coop up, mew up, box in, box up, wall in, wall up, immure, lock in, lock up, cage, imprison, intern, hold captive, incarcerate, encircle, surround, ring, encompass, hem in, close in, shut in, trap

North American corral

rare gird, compass

2‘that should shut them up’

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silence, hush, shush, still, gag, muzzle

British quieten, quieten down

North American quiet, quiet down

shut someone or something away

‘she supposes that Mrs Tilney was shut away in her bedroom chamber’

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confine, isolate, cloister, sequester, seclude, closet, immure

shut down

‘the factory has shut down’

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cease activity, close, close down, cease production, cease operating, come to a halt, go on strike, cease trading, collapse, fail, crash, go under, go to the wall, go bankrupt, become insolvent, go into receivership, go into liquidation, be liquidated, be wound up, be closed, be closed down, be shut, be shut down

informal go bust, go bump, fold, flop, flatline, go broke, go belly up

shut someone or something out

1‘he had accidentally shut me out of the house’

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lock out, keep out, exclude, leave out, refuse entrance to, deny admittance to

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let in

2‘she tried to shut out those memories’

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block, suppress, halt, stop, forget

informal unknow

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