verb
To close, in various senses.
Please shut the door.
The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes.
To close, in various senses.
He has shut his mind to new ideas.
To close, in various senses.
They generally shut the museum each day at 6 pm.
The supermarket shuts at eight o'clock.
To close, in various senses.
We are shutting the phone lines at 9 pm.
They shut the airport because of a bomb scare.
To close, in various senses.
Phone lines will shut in ten minutes.
adj
Closed, not open, in any of various senses.
A shut door barred our way into the house.
The door banged shut with a breeze.
Closed, not open, in any of various senses.
Phone lines are now shut.
Closed, not open, in any of various senses.
Banks are shut on bank holidays.
The museum is shut for the Christmas holidays.
Closed, not open, in any of various senses.
He mind is shut to new ideas.
Closed, not open, in any of various senses.
noun
The act or time of shutting; close.
the shut of a door
Just then returnd at ſhut of Evening Flours.
A door or cover; a shutter.
The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.