shut - English word #752

Translation

To close something so it is no longer open.

Word origin

From Old English scyttan, meaning to bolt or fasten a door.

Verb typeirregular (shut, shuts, shut)

Irregular verb. A full conjugation table for irregular verbs is coming soon. For now, use a reference like Wordreference or RAE.

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Here "shut" means to close the door.

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"Shut" is also the past form; the past looks the same as the present.

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"Shuts" is the form used with he, she, or it.

close

To move something so it is shut and not open.

open

To move something so that it is no longer shut.

door

The flat part you open and close to go into or out of a room, building, or car.

window

A hole in a wall, filled with glass, that lets in light and that you can see through.

lock

To close a door or box with a key so no one else can open it.

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