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shutting
(encz) | shutting,zavírání n: Zdeněk Brož |
shutting
(encz) | shutting,zavření n: Zdeněk Brož |
Shutting
(gcide) | Shut \Shut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shut; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shutting.] [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS.
scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G.
sch["u]tzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or
bar shot across, fr. AS. sce['o]tan to shoot. [root]159. See
Shoot.]
1. To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a
door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.
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2. To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut
the ports of a country by a blockade.
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Shall that be shut to man which to the beast
Is open? --Milton.
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3. To preclude; to exclude; to bar out. "Shut from every
shore." --Dryden.
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4. To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close
by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to
shut a book.
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To shut in.
(a) To inclose; to confine. "The Lord shut him in." --Cen.
vii. 16.
(b) To cover or intercept the view of; as, one point shuts
in another.
To shut off.
(a) To exclude.
(b) To prevent the passage of, as steam through a pipe, or
water through a flume, by closing a cock, valve, or
gate.
To shut out, to preclude from entering; to deny admission
to; to exclude; as, to shut out rain by a tight roof.
To shut together, to unite; to close, especially to close
by welding.
To shut up.
(a) To close; to make fast the entrances into; as, to shut
up a house.
(b) To obstruct. "Dangerous rocks shut up the passage."
--Sir W. Raleigh.
(c) To inclose; to confine; to imprison; to fasten in; as,
to shut up a prisoner.
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Before faith came, we were kept under the law,
shut up unto the faith which should afterwards
be revealed. --Gal. iii.
23.
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(d) To end; to terminate; to conclude.
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When the scene of life is shut up, the slave
will be above his master if he has acted better.
--Collier.
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(e) To unite, as two pieces of metal by welding.
(f) To cause to become silent by authority, argument, or
force.
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shutting
(wn) | shutting
n 1: the act of closing something [syn: shutting, closing]
[ant: opening] |
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shutting down
(mass) | shutting down
- zastavenie |
shutting down
(encz) | shutting down,zastavení [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
shutting post
(encz) | shutting post, n: |
Shutting
(gcide) | Shut \Shut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shut; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shutting.] [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS.
scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G.
sch["u]tzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or
bar shot across, fr. AS. sce['o]tan to shoot. [root]159. See
Shoot.]
1. To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a
door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.
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2. To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut
the ports of a country by a blockade.
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Shall that be shut to man which to the beast
Is open? --Milton.
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3. To preclude; to exclude; to bar out. "Shut from every
shore." --Dryden.
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4. To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close
by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to
shut a book.
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To shut in.
(a) To inclose; to confine. "The Lord shut him in." --Cen.
vii. 16.
(b) To cover or intercept the view of; as, one point shuts
in another.
To shut off.
(a) To exclude.
(b) To prevent the passage of, as steam through a pipe, or
water through a flume, by closing a cock, valve, or
gate.
To shut out, to preclude from entering; to deny admission
to; to exclude; as, to shut out rain by a tight roof.
To shut together, to unite; to close, especially to close
by welding.
To shut up.
(a) To close; to make fast the entrances into; as, to shut
up a house.
(b) To obstruct. "Dangerous rocks shut up the passage."
--Sir W. Raleigh.
(c) To inclose; to confine; to imprison; to fasten in; as,
to shut up a prisoner.
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Before faith came, we were kept under the law,
shut up unto the faith which should afterwards
be revealed. --Gal. iii.
23.
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(d) To end; to terminate; to conclude.
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When the scene of life is shut up, the slave
will be above his master if he has acted better.
--Collier.
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(e) To unite, as two pieces of metal by welding.
(f) To cause to become silent by authority, argument, or
force.
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shutting post
(gcide) | Gatepost \Gate"post`\ (g[=a]t"p[=o]st`), n.
1. A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also {swinging
post} or hinging post.
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2. A post against which a gate closes; -- called also
shutting post.
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shutting post
(wn) | shutting post
n 1: the gatepost against which the gate closes |
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