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to shut
Grammatical Information
action verb
irregular
present tense
shut
3rd person singular
shuts
past simple
shut
past participle
shut
Examples
Before going to bed, she had to shut all the windows to keep the cold air out.
Examples
As night fell, the automatic doors shut, signaling the end of business hours.
03
to close off or block access to a place or route, preventing passage
Transitive: to shut a place or route
Examples
The authorities shut the road to traffic due to the landslide, preventing cars from passing through.
04
to close a store or business, often at the end of the day or permanently
Intransitive: to shut point in time
Transitive: to shut a store or business | to shut a store or business point in time
Examples
They shut the store at 9 PM every night.
shut
01
closed or not open
Grammatical Information
Composition
past participle adjective
relational
ungradable
Examples
The shut door kept the cold wind out of the house.
