Antonyms for closed up

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : verb klohz; adjective, adverb klohs or for 51, klohz; noun klohz for 59, 60, 63–65, 67, 68, klohs for 61, 62, 66

Phonetic Transcription : verb kloʊz; adjective, adverb kloʊs or for 51, kloʊz; noun kloʊz for 59, 60, 63–65, 67, 68, kloʊs for 61, 62, 66

Definition of closed up

Origin : c.1200, "to shut, cover in," from Old French clos- (past participle stem of clore "to shut, to cut off from"), 12c., from Latin clausus, past participle of claudere "to shut, close; to block up, make inaccessible; put an end to; shut in, enclose, confine" (always -clusus, -cludere in compounds).
The Latin word might be from the possible PIE root *klau- "hook, peg, crooked or forked branch" (used as a bar or bolt in primitive structures); cf. Latin clavis "key," clavus "nail," claustrum "bar, bolt, barrier," claustra "dam, wall, barricade, stronghold;" Greek kleidos (genitive) "bar, bolt, key," klobos "cage;" Old Irish clo "nail," Middle Irish clithar "hedge, fence;" Old Church Slavonic ključi "hook, key," ključiti "shut;" Lithuanian kliuti "to catch, be caught on," kliaudziu "check, hinder," kliuvu "clasp, hang;" Old High German sliozan "shut," German schließen "to shut," Schlüssel "key."
Also partly from Old English beclysan "close in, shut up." Intransitive sense "become shut" is from late 14c. Meaning "draw near to" is from 1520s. Intransitive meaning "draw together, come together" is from 1550s, hence the idea in military verbal phrase close ranks (mid-17c.), later with figurative extensions. Meaning "bring to an end, finish" is from c.1400; intransitive sense "come to an end" is from 1826. Of stock prices, from 1860. Meaning "bring together the parts of" (a book, etc.) is from 1560s. Related: Closed; closing.

As in silent : adj quiet; speechless
As in hushed : adj silent
As in impermissible : adj forbidden
As in forbidden : adj outlawed, prohibited
As in latch : verb fasten with lock
As in ban : verb officially forbid
As in shut : verb close
As in silence : verb make or be quiet
As in quieten : verb silence
As in shush : verb silence

Example sentences :

Elias told me that he heard it was closed up, and we might get in there and not be able to get out.
Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various

It had become his fixed idea—the bar that closed up his life.
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

The people parted to let the four men pass, and then closed up and came after them.
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

After he had seen the column all "closed up" he rode the other way.
Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd

He beckoned with his arm, and they closed up and peered where he indicated.
Extract from : « The Plunderer » by Roy Norton

We closed up the day with a dress parade, the Colonel in command.
Extract from : « The Citizen-Soldier » by John Beatty

When we closed up at nine he went to some other part of the hotel and stewarded.
Extract from : « Working With the Working Woman » by Cornelia Stratton Parker

They have closed up now, and there is no big gap in their line.
Extract from : « The Wonders of the Jungle » by Prince Sarath Ghosh

Six of these niches are closed up without any apparent reason.
Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy

There were little buildings around, but they were closed up.
Extract from : « Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

Synonyms for closed up

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