to shut
81Shut-out — 〈[ʃʌtaʊt] n.; Gen.: od. s, Pl.: s; Sport〉 Spiel, bei dem kein Gegentor kassiert wurde, Zu Null Spiel; der Torwart schaffte sein sechstes Shut out der Saison [Etym.: zu engl. shut out »aussperren, nicht hereinlassen«] …
82shut-in — person confined from normal social intercourse, 1904, from SHUT (Cf. shut) (v.) + IN (Cf. in) (adv.) …
83shut-in — shut ins N COUNT A shut in is someone who is ill for a long time, and has to stay in bed or at home. [AM] ...Meals on Wheels or similar programs that bring outside life to shut ins …
84shut someone up — shut (someone) up to stop talking or making noise, or to make someone do this. I wish you d shut up and listen. He called me a fool, and that shut me up …
85shut up — shut (someone) up to stop talking or making noise, or to make someone do this. I wish you d shut up and listen. He called me a fool, and that shut me up …
86shut someone off — shut (someone/something) off to separate someone or something from others. A major interstate highway shuts the area off from the rest of the city. When her husband died she shut herself off from everyone. They just wanted to shut off all the… …
87shut something off — shut (someone/something) off to separate someone or something from others. A major interstate highway shuts the area off from the rest of the city. When her husband died she shut herself off from everyone. They just wanted to shut off all the… …
88shut off — shut (someone/something) off to separate someone or something from others. A major interstate highway shuts the area off from the rest of the city. When her husband died she shut herself off from everyone. They just wanted to shut off all the… …
89shut someone up — shut (someone/something) up to keep people or animals in a separate place. Every day she went up to a little room on the third floor where she shut herself up to work. At night we always kept the dog shut up in its cage …
90shut something up — shut (someone/something) up to keep people or animals in a separate place. Every day she went up to a little room on the third floor where she shut herself up to work. At night we always kept the dog shut up in its cage …
