Shut
/ʃʌt/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:7 pts4 letters
Definition of Shut
adjective
noun
verb
- To close, to stop from being open.
"Please shut the door."
- To close, to stop being open.
"If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut."
- To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.
"The pharmacy is shut on Sunday."
- To confine in an enclosed area.
"I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out."
- To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.
"He's just shut his finger in the door."
adjective
- Closed.
"A shut door barred our way into the house."
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SYNONYMS
highclose bynearnearbymuggyoppressiveintimate
ANTONYMS
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