[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shut \shut\, v. t. imp.  p. p. shut; p. pr.  vb. n.
   shutting. oe. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, as.
   scyttan to shut or lock up akin to d. schutten, g.
   sch"utzen to protect, properly, to fasten with a bolt or
   bar shot across, fr. as. sce'otan to shoot. root159. see
   shoot.
   1. to close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a
      door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.
      1913 webster

   2. to forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut
      the ports of a country by a blockade.
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            shall that be shut to man which to the beast
            is open?                              --milton.
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   3. to preclude; to exclude; to bar out. "shut from every
      shore." --dryden.
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   4. 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.
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   to shut in.
      a to inclose; to confine. "the lord shut him in." --cen.
          vii. 16.
      b to cover or intercept the view of; as, one point shuts
          in another.

   to shut off.
      a to exclude.
      b to prevent the passage of, as steam through a pipe, or
          water through a flume, by closing a cock, valve, or
          gate.

   to shut out, to preclude from entering; to deny admission
      to; to exclude; as, to shut out rain by a tight roof.

   to shut together, to unite; to close, especially to close
      by welding.

   to shut up.
      a to close; to make fast the entrances into; as, to shut
          up a house.
      b to obstruct. "dangerous rocks shut up the passage."
          --sir w. raleigh.
      c to inclose; to confine; to imprison; to fasten in; as,
          to shut up a prisoner.
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                before faith came, we were kept under the law,
                shut up unto the faith which should afterwards
                be revealed.                      --gal. iii.
                                                  23.
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      d to end; to terminate; to conclude.
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                when the scene of life is shut up, the slave
                will be above his master if he has acted better.
                                                  --collier.
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      e to unite, as two pieces of metal by welding.
      f to cause to become silent by authority, argument, or
          force.
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see also:
shut shutting shoot to shut in to shut off to shut out 
to shut together to shut up 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shut \shut\, v. i.
   to close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it
   shuts hard.
   1913 webster

   to shut up, to cease speaking. colloq. --t. hughes.
      1913 webster
see also:
to shut up 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shut \shut\, a.
   1. closed or fastened; as, a shut door.
      1913 webster

   2. rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person. now
      dialectical or local, eng.  u.s. --l'estrange.
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   3. phon.
      a 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.
          --h. sweet.
      b cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant
          in the same syllable, as the english short vowels,
          a^, e^, i^, o^, u^, always are.
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[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shut \shut\, n.
   the act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.
   1913 webster

         just then returned at shut of evening flowers.
                                                  --milton.
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   2. a door or cover; a shutter. obs. --sir i. newton.
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   3. the line or place where two pieces of metal are united by
      welding.
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   cold shut, the imperfection in a casting caused by the
      flowing of liquid metal upon partially chilled metal;
      also, the imperfect weld in a forging caused by the
      inadequate heat of one surface under working.
      1913 webster
see also:
cold shut 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

shut
     adj 1: not open; "the door slammed shut" syn: unopen, closed
            ant: open
     2: used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with
        closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight"
        syn: closed ant: open
     v 1: move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut;
          "close the door"; "shut the window" syn: close ant:
           open
     2: become closed; "the windows closed with a loud bang" syn: close
        ant: open
     3: prevent from entering; shut out; "the trees were shutting
        out all sunlight"; "this policy excludes people who have a
        criminal record from entering the country" syn: exclude,
         keep out, shut out ant: admit
     also: shutting
see also:
unopen closed open close exclude keep out 
shut out admit shutting 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

119 moby thesaurus words for "shut":
   ban, bang, bar, barricade, batten, batten down, blank, blind,
   blind-alley, block out, bolt, bolted, bottle up, box in, button,
   button up, cease, cecal, choke, choke off, choked, choked off,
   clap, close, close down, close off, close up, closed, conceal,
   confine, constrict, constricted, contain, contract, contracted,
   coop up, cover, cut, cut off, cut out, dead, dead-end, debar,
   disallow, discontinue, douse, eliminate, exclude, fasten, fastened,
   fence in, fold, fold up, gag, halt, hide, immure, imprison,
   incarcerate, intern, isolate, jail, keep away, keep in, keep out,
   keep quiet, key, kill, latch, leave off, lock, lock out, lock up,
   locked up, mask, mute, occlude, padlock, pen, plumb, prohibit,
   put to, quieten, screen, seal, seal off, seal up, seclude, secure,
   segregate, send to coventry, separate, sequester, shush, shut down,
   shut in, shut off, shut out, shut the door, shut up, silence, slam,
   snap, squeeze shut, squeezed shut, stifle, stop, strangle,
   strangulated, suspend, switch off, turn off, unopen, unopened,
   unvented, unventilated, veil, zip up, zipper

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