| Main Entry: | shut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | close |
Synonyms: |
bar, batten down, cage, close down, close up, confine, draw, drop the curtain, enclose, exclude, fasten, fold, fold up, imprison, lock, push, put to, seal, secure, shut down, slam, wall off |
Antonyms: |
open |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct, seal |
Synonyms: |
bang, bar, block, bolt, button, caulk, choke, clap, clench, clog, confine, congest, cork, dam, exclude, fasten, fill, lock, occlude, plug, prevent passage, put to, retard flow, screen, secure, shut, shut off, shutter, slam, stop up, stopper, stuff, turn off |
Antonyms: |
open, release, unclose, unplug, unseal, unstop |
| Main Entry: | hem/hem in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose, restrict |
Synonyms: |
begird, beset, border, bound, cage, circle, circumscribe, close in, confine, corral, define, edge, encircle, encompass, envelop, environ, fence, fringe, girdle, hedge in, immure, margin, pen, rim, ring, round, shut, shut in, skirt, surround, verge |
Antonyms: |
let go, release |
| Main Entry: | lock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten, clasp |
Synonyms: |
bar, bolt, button, button up, clench, close, clutch, embrace, encircle, enclose, engage, entwine, grapple, grasp, hug, join, latch, link, mesh, press, seal, secure, shut, turn the key, unite |
Antonyms: |
unclasp, unfasten, unlock |
| Main Entry: | occlude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | block, prevent |
Synonyms: |
choke, clog, close, close out, congest, curb, fill, hinder, impede, leave out, lock out, obstruct, plug, seal, shut, stop up, stopper, throttle |
Antonyms: |
allow, help, permit |
| Main Entry: | seal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make airtight |
Synonyms: |
close, cork, enclose, fasten, gum, isolate, paste, plaster, plug, quarantine, secure, segregate, shut, stop, stop up, stopper, waterproof |
Antonyms: |
loosen, open, unseal |
| Main Entry: | slam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw or push very hard |
Synonyms: |
bang, bat, batter, beat, belt, blast, clobber, close, crash, cudgel, dash, fling, hammer, hit, hurl, knock, pound, shut, slap, slug, smash, strike, swat, thump, thwack, wallop |
| Main Entry: | turn off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop from operating |
Synonyms: |
close, cut, cut out, douse, extinguish, halt, hit the switch, kill*, log off, put out, shut, shut down, shut off, switch off, turn out, unplug |
Antonyms: |
begin, open, start, turn on |