Verb
- 1. close, shut
- usage: move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window"
- 2. close, shut, change state, turn
- usage: become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang"
- 3. close up, close, fold, shut down, close down
- usage: cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"
- 4. close, end, terminate
- usage: finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.); "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board"
- 5. conclude, close, end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
- usage: come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin"
- 6. close, end, terminate
- usage: complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement; "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building"
- 7. close, trade
- usage: be priced or listed when trading stops; "The stock market closed high this Friday"; "My new stocks closed at $59 last night"
- 8. close, prosecute, engage, pursue
- usage: engage at close quarters; "close with the enemy"
- 9. close, end, terminate
- usage: cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- 10. close, move
- usage: change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- 11. close, come together, move
- usage: come together, as if in an embrace; "Her arms closed around her long lost relative"
- 12. close, approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near
- usage: draw near; "The probe closed with the space station"
- 13. close, join, bring together
- usage: bring together all the elements or parts of; "Management closed ranks"
- 14. close, barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar
- usage: bar access to; "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours"
- 15. close, fill up, fill
- usage: fill or stop up; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?"
- 16. close up, close, join, bring together
- usage: unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella"
- 17. close, complete, finish
- usage: finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning"
Adjective
- 1. closed (vs. open), blocked, out of use(predicate), drawn, stoppered, nonopening, obstructed, sealed, shut#1, unopen#1, closed
- usage: not open or affording passage or access; "the many closed streets made travel difficult"; "our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains"
- 2. closed (vs. open)
- usage: (set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints
- 3. shut (vs. open), unopen, closed, closed
- usage: not open; "the door slammed shut"
- 4. closed (vs. open), shut, blinking, winking, compressed, tight, squinched, squinting
- usage: used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight"
- 5. closed(prenominal), union (vs. nonunion)
- usage: requiring union membership; "a closed shop"
- 6. closed, shuttered (vs. unshuttered)
- usage: with shutters closed
- 7. closed, restricted (vs. unrestricted)
- usage: not open to the general public; "a closed meeting"
- 8. closed, unsympathetic, unreceptive (vs. receptive)
- usage: not having an open mind; "a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas"
- 9. closed, closed in(predicate), enclosed (vs. unenclosed)
- usage: blocked against entry; "a closed porch"
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