shut : Idioms & Phrases

• the imperfection in a casting caused by the flowing of liquid metal upon partially chilled metal; also, the imperfect weld in a forging caused by the inadequate heat of one surface under working.

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Cold"-shut` adjective

Definitions

1. (Metal.) Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; -- said of a forging or casting. -- n. An imperfection caused by such insufficient welding.

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• verb refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information
  keep quiet; keep one's mouth shut.
  
  • Don't tell him any secrets--he cannot keep his mouth shut!

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• adjective satellite so obvious as to be easily solved or decided
  
  • an open-and-shut case

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• verb place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
  lock up; lock; lock in; put away; shut away; lock away.
  
  • The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend
  • She locked her jewels in the safe

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• verb cease to operate or cause to cease operating
  close; close up; close down; fold.
  
  • The owners decided to move and to close the factory
  • My business closes every night at 8 P.M.
  • close up the shop

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• verb surround completely
  inclose; enclose; close in.
  
  • Darkness enclosed him
  • They closed in the porch with a fence

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• verb stem the flow of
  close off.
  
  • shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation
• verb isolate or separate
  close off.
  
  • She was shut off from the friends
• verb block off the passage through
  block off; close off.
  
  • We shut off the valve

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• verb refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information
  keep quiet; keep one's mouth shut.
  
  • Don't tell him any secrets--he cannot keep his mouth shut!

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• verb prevent from entering; shut out
  exclude; keep out; shut.
  
  • The trees were shutting out all sunlight
  • This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country

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• verb refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
  close up; belt up; button up; clam up; be quiet; dummy up; keep mum.
  
  • The children shut up when their father approached
• verb place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
  lock up; lock; lock in; put away; shut away; lock away.
  
  • The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend
  • She locked her jewels in the safe
• verb cause to be quiet or not talk
  hush up; hush; quieten; still; silence.
  
  • Please silence the children in the church!
• adjective satellite closely confined
  pent.
  

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• noun someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
  invalid.
  
• adjective satellite somewhat introverted
  introvertish.
  
• adjective satellite confined usually by illness
  housebound; homebound.
  

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• noun the gatepost against which the gate closes
  

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• . (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.

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• to hide the land, as when fog, or an intervening island, obstructs the view.

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• . (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.

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• to preclude from entering; to deny admission to; to exclude; as, to shut out rain by a tight roof.

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• to unite; to close, especially to close by welding.

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• . (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.

  Before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Gal. iii. 23.

  (d) To end; to terminate; to conclude .

  When the scene of life is shut up, the slave will be above his master if he has acted better. Collier.

  (e) To unite, as two pieces of metal by welding. (f) To cause to become silent by authority, argument, or force .
• to cease speaking. Colloq.

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