English
Pronunciation
IPA|/��t/
SAMPA|/SVt/
audio|en-us-shut.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�t|-�t
Etymology
Old English scyttan
Verb
Category:English irregular verbs
en-verb|shuts|shutting|shut|shut
- transitive To close, to stop from being open.
#:*Please shut the door.
#:*The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes.
- intransitive To close, to stop being open.
#:*If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut.
- context|transitive or intransitive, Commonwealth To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.
#:*The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.
Usage notes
Except when part of one of the derived terms listed below, almost every use of shut can be replaced by close. The reverse is not true -- there are many uses of close than cannot be replaced by shut.
Derived terms
phrasal verbs
top3
shut away
shut down
mid3
shut in
shut off
mid3
shut out
shut up
single words and compounds
top3
shutdown, shut-down
shut-eye
mid3
shut-in
shutout, shut-out
mid3
shutter
idioms
top3
open and shut
shut one's eyes to
mid3
shut up shop
shut your face
mid3
shut your mouth
shut your trap
Translations
Dutch: sluiten, dichtklappen
Esperanto: fermi
Finnish: sulkea
French: fermer
German: schlie�en
mid
Indonesian: tutup|menutup, sumpal|menyumpal, bungkam|membungkam
Irish: dún
Japanese: ��� (���, shimeru), ��� (���, shimaru), ��� (���, tojiru)
Spanish: cerrar
Telugu: మ�య� (mooyu)
Welsh: cau
Category:1000 English basic words
Category:English ergative verbs
ar:shut
el:shut
es:shut
fr:shut
gl:shut
io:shut
id:shut
it:shut
hu:shut
ja:shut
pl:shut
simple:shut
fi:shut
sv:shut
ta:shut
te:shut
vi:shut
uk:shut
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