📒 to close something; to become closed
- The window won't shut.
- The doors open and shut automatically.
- The door shuts and locks behind her.
📒 when a shop, restaurant, etc. shuts or when somebody shuts it, it stops being open for business and you cannot go into it
- The bank shuts at 4.
- What time do the shops shut on Saturday?
- We left the hotel only to discover that the whole city shuts at 10.30.
📒 to make it unlikely that something will happen
- She was careful not to close the door on the possibility of further talks.
📒 to not talk about something to somebody because it is a secret or because it will upset or annoy them
- I've warned them to keep their mouths shut about this.
- Now she's upset—why couldn't you keep your mouth shut?
- The athletes were warned to keep their mouths shut about politics.
📒 to shut a door hard when somebody is trying to come in
📒 to refuse to talk to somebody or meet them, in a rude way
📒 to make it unlikely that something will happen
- She was careful not to shut the door on the possibility of further talks.
📒 to refuse to listen to something
- She decided to shut her ears to all the rumours.
📒 to pretend that you have not noticed something so that you do not have to deal with it
- You can't just close your eyes to his violence.
- They seem intent on shutting their eyes to the problems of pollution.
📒 a rude way of telling somebody to be quiet or stop talking
📒 to close a business permanently or to stop working for the day
📒 very easily, without thinking about it
- I've made this trip so often, I could do it with my eyes shut.