| • | of Shut |
| • | To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth. |
| • | To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade. |
| • | To preclude; to exclude; to bar out. |
| • | To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book. |
| • | To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard. |
| • | Closed or fastened; as, a shut door. |
| • | Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person. |
| • | Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g. |
| • | Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are. |
| • | The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door. |
| • | A door or cover; a shutter. |
| • | The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding. |
