verb
Meaning 1
To confine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- We need to shut the dog in so he doesn’t escape.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
shut in
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verb
Meaning 2
To completely surround or enclose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To settle down, or fall; to arrive; (said of evening, etc.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To stop pumping oil from a site, ending production.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
surround completely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Darkness enclosed him
- They closed in the porch with a fence
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: enclose, close in, inclose
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: surround, environ, ring, skirt, border
Narrower terms: tuck, insert, wall in, wall up, embower, bower, enshrine, shrine, encase, incase, case, immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up, frame, frame in, border, glass, glass in, bank, dike, dyke, encapsulate, fence, fence in, rope in, rope off, cordon off, casket, corral, fortify, fort, hedge, hedge in
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: enfermi — confine
- Ancient Greek: περικλείω (perikleíō) — confine
- Ancient Greek: κατακλείω (katakleíō) — confine
- Latin: inclūdō — confine
- Polish: zamykać — confine
- Polish: zamknąć — confine
- Polish: więzić — confine
- Polish: uwięzić — confine