Antonyms for shut
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : shuht |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʃʌt |
Definition of shut
Origin :- Old English scyttan "to put (a bolt) in place so as to fasten a door or gate, bolt, shut to; discharge, pay off," from West Germanic *skutjan (cf. Old Frisian schetta, Middle Dutch schutten "to shut, shut up, obstruct"), from PIE *skeud- "to shoot, chase, throw" (see shoot (v.)). Related: Shutting.
- Meaning "to close by folding or bringing together" is from mid-14c. Meaning "prevent ingress and egress" is from mid-14c. Sense of "to set (someone) free (from)" (c.1500) is obsolete except in dialectal phrases such as to get shut of. To shut (one's) mouth "desist from speaking" is recorded from mid-14c.
- verb close
- It's a pity you ain't got some one to shut down on you that way.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- What is the use of a beautiful face, if one must be shut up in her own apartment for ever?
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Harriet had not "gone into her closet and shut the door" for nothing.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- If criticism of this kind is prohibited the doors of the House might as well be shut.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- I must make it clear to myself that He does not shut me out of His heart because I am guilty of sins.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Do not open and shut the doors, and make a noise, as if there were four of you.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- She ran around the house, and he heard a door open and shut.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- I'm afraid Diablo'll shut up when he's pinched; his kind are apt to do that.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Just watch the Indian, an' don't let him shut you in on the rail if you can help it.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- He is now shut up in his apartment, whither I heard him go on leaving mine.
- Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen
Synonyms for shut
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