invalid shut-in | someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury |
hush quieten silence still shut up hush up | cause to be quiet or not talk, Please silence the children in the church! |
keep quiet shut one's mouth keep one's mouth shut | refrain from divulging sensitive information, keep quiet about confidential information, Don't tell him any secrets--he cannot keep his mouth shut! |
close up clam up dummy up shut up belt up button up be quiet keep mum | refuse to talk or stop talking, fall silent, The children shut up when their father approached |
close shut | move so that an opening or passage is obstructed, make shut, Close the door, shut the window |
close shut | become closed, The windows closed with a loud bang |
lock in lock away lock put away shut up shut away lock up | place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape, The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend, She locked her jewels in the safe |
shut off block off close off | block off the passage through, We shut off the valve |
enclose close in inclose shut in | surround completely, Darkness enclosed him, They closed in the porch with a fence |
shut off close off | isolate or separate, She was shut off from the friends |
close up close fold shut down close down | cease to operate or cause to cease operating, The owners decided to move and to close the factory, My business closes every night at P.M., close up the shop |
exclude keep out shut out shut | prevent from entering, shut out, The trees were shutting out all sunlight, This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country |
shut off close off | stem the flow of, shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation |
homebound housebound shut-in | confined usually by illness |
pent shut up(p) | closely confined |
introvertish shut-in | somewhat introverted |
open-and-shut | so obvious as to be easily solved or decided, an open-and-shut case |
shut unopen closed | not open, the door slammed shut |
closed shut | used especially of mouth or eyes, he sat quietly with closed eyes, his eyes were shut against the sunlight |