Overview of verb close

The verb close has 17 senses

• close, shut -- (move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window")


• close, shut -- (become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang")


• 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")


• close -- (finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.); "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board")


• conclude, close -- (come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin")


• close -- (complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement; "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building")


• close -- (be priced or listed when trading stops; "The stock market closed high this Friday"; "My new stocks closed at $59 last night")


• close -- (engage at close quarters; "close with the enemy")


• close -- (cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop)


• close -- (change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact)


• close, come together -- (come together, as if in an embrace; "Her arms closed around her long lost relative")


• close -- (draw near; "The probe closed with the space station")


• close -- (bring together all the elements or parts of; "Management closed ranks")


• close -- (bar access to; "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours")


• close, fill up -- (fill or stop up; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?")


• 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 -- (finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning")

Overview of adj closed

The adj closed has 9 senses

• closed -- (not open or affording passage or access; "the many closed streets made travel difficult"; "our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains")


• closed -- ((set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints)


• shut, unopen, closed -- (not open; "the door slammed shut")


• closed, shut -- (used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight")


• closed -- (requiring union membership; "a closed shop")


• closed -- (with shutters closed)


• closed -- (not open to the general public; "a closed meeting")


• closed, unsympathetic -- (not having an open mind; "a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas")


• closed, closed in -- (blocked against entry; "a closed porch")