SHUT, v.t. pretand pp. shut.

1. To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or gate; to shut the eyes or the mouth.

2. To prohibit; to bar; to forbid entrance into; as, to shut the ports of the kingdom by a blockade.

Shall that be shut to man, which to the beast

Is open? Milton.

3. To preclude; to exclude.

But shut from every shore. Dryden.

4. To close, as the fingers; to contract; as, to shut the hand.

1. Close; the act of closing; as, the shut of a door; the shut of evening. [Little used.] – Dryden.
2. A small door or cover. But Shutter is more generally used.

1. Closed; having the entrance barred.
2. adj. Rid; clear; free. – L'Estrange.

To close itself; to be closed. The door shuts of itself; it shuts hard. Certain flowers shut at night and open in the day.

1. To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or gate; to shut the eyes or the mouth.
2. To prohibit; to bar; to forbid entrance into; as, to shut the ports of a kingdom by a blockade. Shall that be shut to man, which to the beast / Is open? – Milton.
3. To preclude; to exclude. But shut from every shore. – Dryden.
4. To close, as the fingers; to contract; as, to shut the hand. To shut in, to inclose; to confine. And the Lord shut him in. – Gen. vii. #2. Spoken of points of land, when by the progress of a ship, one point is brought to cover or intercept the view of another. It is then said, we shut in such a point, we shut in the land; or one point shuts in another. To shut out, to preclude from entering; to deny admission to; to exclude; as, to shut out rain by a tight roof. An interesting subject occupying the mind, shuts out all other thoughts. To shut up, to close; to make fast the entrances into; as, to shut up a house. #2. To obstruct. Dangerous rocks shut up the passage. – Ralegh. #3. To confine; to imprison; to lock or fasten in; as, to shut up a prisoner. #4. To confine by legal or moral restraint. Before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up to the faith, which should afterward be revealed. Gal. iii. #5. To end; to terminate; to conclude. When the scene of life is shut up, the slave will be above his master, if he has acted better. Collier.

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.
2. To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.
   
   

   To shut up, to cease speaking. [Colloq.] T. Hughes.

3. Closed or fastened; as, a shut door.
4. A door or cover; a shutter.
   
   
   [Obs.] Sir I. Newton.
5. To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade.
   
   

   Shall that be shut to man which to the beast
   Is open? Milton.

6. Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person.
   
   
   [Now dialectical or local, Eng. *** U.S.] L'Estrange.
7. The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.
   
   

   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.

8. To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
   
   
   "Shut from every shore." Dryden.
9. 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)
10. 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 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.

    Before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Gal. iii. 23.

    (d) To end; to terminate; to conclude.

    When the scene of life is shut up, the slave will be above his master if he has acted better. Collier.

    (e) To unite, as two pieces of metal by welding. (f) To cause to become silent by authority, argument, or force.