modified
closed, stopped, locked, fastened; see tight 2.
verb
close up, lock, seal; see close 4.
See shut in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To move (a door, for example) in order to cover an opening:
To confine within a limited area:
To cut off from sight:
To exclude from normal social or professional activities:
To keep from being admitted, included, or considered:
To rid one's mind of:
To enclose so as to hinder or prohibit escape:
To cause to become silent:
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