shutting
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/ˈʃʌtɪŋ/
English
Definitions
verb
- To close, to stop from being open.“Please shut the door.”
- To close, to stop being open.“If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut.”
- To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.“The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.”
- To confine in an enclosed area.“I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out.”
noun
- The act by which something is shut.“openings and shuttings of doors”
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closingclosetomsuspendinglockingbarringboltingfasteningsealingcoveringbrickingthrottlingoccludingsecuringclampingplugging