Overview of noun close_up

The noun closeup has 1 sense

• closeup -- (a photograph taken at close range)

Overview of verb close_up

The verb close up has 4 senses

• close up, close, fold, shut down, close down -- (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")


• obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up -- (block passage through; "obstruct the path")


• close up, close -- (unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella")


• close up, clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum -- (refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached")

Overview of adv close_up

The adv close up has 1 sense

• close up, at close range -- (very close; "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed")