shutSHUT, 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. |