To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.
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.
To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.
Closed or fastened; as, a shut door.
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.
Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, ã, e, i, o, u, always are.
The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.
A door or cover; a shutter.
become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang"
not open; "the door slammed shut"
used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight"