·noun A door or cover; a shutter.
II. Shut ·Impf & ·p.p. of Shut.
III. Shut ·adj Closed or fastened; as, a shut door.
IV. Shut ·adj Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person.
V. Shut ·noun The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.
VI. Shut ·noun The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.
VII. Shut ·vi To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.
VIII. Shut ·vt To Preclude; to Exclude; to bar out.
IX. Shut ·vt To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.
X. Shut ·vt 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.
XI. Shut ·adj Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are.
XII. Shut ·vt To forbid entrance into; to Prohibit; to Bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade.
XIII. Shut ·adj Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g.