shut

Meanings

Verb

• To close, to stop from being open.
• To close, to stop being open.
• To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.
• To confine in an enclosed area.
• To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.
• To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.

Adjective

• Closed; not open.
• Synonym of close

Noun

• The act or time of shutting; close.
• A door or cover; a shutter.
• The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.
• A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.

Origin

• From Middle English shutten, shetten, from Old English scyttan ("to cause rapid movement, shoot a bolt, shut, bolt, shut to, discharge a debt, pay off"), from Proto-Germanic *skutjaną, *skuttijaną, from Proto-Germanic *skuttą, *skuttjō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- ("to drive, fall upon, rush"). Cognate with Dutch schutten ("to shut in, lock up"), Low German schütten ("to shut, lock in"), German schützen ("to shut out, dam, protect, guard").
• Variation of chute or shute (archaic, related to shoot) from Old English scēotan.