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English
/kləʊz/, /kloʊz/, /kləʊs/, /kloʊs/
verb
Definitions
- (physical) To remove a gap.
- (social) To finish, to terminate.
- To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English closen (close, enclose), clusen (close) inherited from Old English clȳsan (close, shut) inherited from Middle English clos (secret, close, shut up, confined) derived from Old French clos (paddock, field, enclosed outdoor area, confined, close, private space) derived from Latin clausus (closed, enclosed, shut, shut up, inaccessible) derived from Proto-Indo-European *klāw- (hook, nail, key), *(s)kleh₂w- (hook, peg, crook, a peg, a crook).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kleh₂w-
Gloss
hook, peg, crook, a peg, a crook
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Closetgate English
- abocclusion English
- autoclose English
- beclose English
- benocclusion English
- by English
- claustral English
- claustrum English
- claves English
- clavichord English
- clavis English
- cloisterless English
- cloisterlike English
- cloistress English
- closability English
- closable English
- close stoole English
- close-handed English
- close-handedness English
- close-stool English
- closeability English
- closeable English
- closeby English
- closefisted English
- closehanded English
- closehandedness English
- closely English
- closeminded English
- closemindedly English
- closemindedness English
- closemouthed English
- closen English
- closeness English
- closereefed English
- closestool English
- closet English
- closet auger English
- closeted English
- closetful English
- closeth English
- closetlike English
- closety English
- closish English
- cloyingly English
- cybercloset English
- disenclose English
- disocclusion English
- encloister English
- enclosable English
- enclose English
- encloser English
- enclosest English
- encloseth English
- exclusive English
- fisted English
- foreclosable English
- foreclose English
- foreclosee English
- forecloser English
- handed English
- inclusively English
- inclusiveness English
- inclusivity English
- interclose English
- linen closet English
- malocclusion English
- minded English
- misclose English
- mouthed English
- non-exclusive English
- nonoccluded English
- nonocclusion English
- number English
- number close English
- occluder English
- occlusive English
- overclose English
- overinclusivity English
- postocclusion English
- pre-occluded English
- preocclusion English
- reclose English
- recloseable English
- recloser English
- reefed English
- reocclude English
- reocclusion English
- stool English
- stoole English
- supercloseness English
- unclosable English
- unclose English
- unoccluded English
- upclose English
- vasoocclusion English
- watercloset English
- *clausiō, clausiōnem Latin
- archiclavis Latin
- circumcludo Latin
- clausa Latin
- claustrum Latin
- clausula Latin
- clausum Latin
- clausura Latin
- clausus Latin
- clausūra Latin
- clavichordium Latin
- clavicula Latin
- clavicytherium Latin
- clavile Latin
- clavis Latin
- clāvis Latin
- clāvus Latin
- clāvīcula Latin
- clūsura Latin
- conclave Latin
- excludo Latin
- exclusio Latin
- exclusivus Latin
- exclusiō Latin
- exclūdō Latin
- includo Latin
- inclusio Latin
- inclusio, inclusionis Latin
- inclūdere, inclūdō Latin
- inclūdō Latin
- inclūsus Latin
- occludo Latin
- occludĕre Latin
- occlūdō Latin
- occlūsiōnem, occlūsiō Latin
- sternocleidomastoideus Latin
- Klausner German
- Klaviatur German
- Klosett German
- Schließfach German
- Schließung German
- abschließen German
- anschließen German
- aufschließen German
- ausschließen German
- beschließen German
- einschließen German
- entschließen German
- erschließen German
- kurzschließen German
- schließbar German
- schließen German
- schließlich German
- umschließen German
- verschließen German
- zusammenschließen German
- aaneensluiten Dutch, Flemish
- aansluiten Dutch, Flemish
- afsluiten Dutch, Flemish
- besluiten Dutch, Flemish
- buitensluiten Dutch, Flemish
- insluiten Dutch, Flemish
- kortsluiten Dutch, Flemish
- omsluiten Dutch, Flemish
- ontsluiten Dutch, Flemish
- opsluiten Dutch, Flemish
- sluiten Dutch, Flemish
- sluiter Dutch, Flemish
- sluiting Dutch, Flemish
- sluitstuk Dutch, Flemish
- uitsluiten Dutch, Flemish
- clavier French
- cloisonné French
- clos French
- clave Spanish, Castilian
- clóset Spanish, Castilian
- llave Spanish, Castilian
- κλείς Ancient Greek
- κλειδίον Ancient Greek
- κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ Ancient Greek
- *(s)kleh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kleh₂w-, *kleh₂u- Proto-Indo-European
- *kleh₂ud-, *kleh₂u- Proto-Indo-European
- *klāw- Proto-Indo-European
- klosett Norwegian Bokmål
- chave Portuguese
- clave Portuguese
- *lūkaną Proto-Germanic
- クローゼット Japanese
- klawisz Polish
- klozet Polish
- klosett Norwegian Nynorsk
- beclysan Old English
- beclȳsan Old English
- belucan Old English
- clȳsan Old English
- forclȳsan Old English
- lūcan Old English
- onlucan Old English
- tolucan Old English
- beclosen Middle English
- clos Middle English
- close stol Middle English
- closen Middle English
- closet Middle English
- clusen Middle English
- enclosen Middle English
- foreclosen Middle English
- locken Middle English
- louken Middle English
- overclose Middle English
- umbeclosen Middle English
- withclosen Middle English
- carrchlós Irish
- clós Irish
- fochlós Irish
- klozet Czech
- clef Old French
- cloistrier Old French
- clos Old French
- closet Old French
- ŝlosi Esperanto
- clos Catalan, Valencian
- chouso Galician
- کلید Persian
- closet Welsh
- sluten Middle Dutch
- sluit Afrikaans
- clios Norman
- cllos Norman
- slieȥen Middle High German
- cloistral Middle French
- chave Old Portuguese
- *klāwos Proto-Celtic
- *klāwis Proto-Italic
- clau Old Occitan
- clauvisso Old Occitan
- קלידא Aramaic
- achlwedd Proto-Brythonic
- ciave Istriot
- *klāwī́ds Proto-Hellenic
- κλᾳ̃θρα grc-dor
- by
- stool
- handed
- stoole
- closen
- reefed
- minded
- closet
- clavis
- fisted
- number
- claves
- unclose
- closeth
- closely
- enclose
- mouthed
- closeby
- closish
- closety
- beclose
- upclose
- reclose
- recloser
- closable
- occluder
- misclose
- encloser
- closeted
- foreclose
- claustrum
- cloyingly
- reocclude
- closeness
- closeable
- closetful
- overclose
- autoclose
- occlusive
- claustral
- exclusive
- enclosest
- encloseth
- encloister
- closetlike
- disenclose
- unclosable
- unoccluded
- Closetgate
- foreclosee
- forecloser
- enclosable
- interclose
- cloistress
- clavichord
- closestool
- closehanded
- closeminded
- closability
- inclusivity
- abocclusion
- cybercloset
- reocclusion
- nonoccluded
- watercloset
- close-stool
- closefisted
- inclusively
- closereefed
- recloseable
- number close
- linen closet
- close stoole
- close-handed
- disocclusion
- cloisterlike
- cloisterless
- closemouthed
- closeability
- foreclosable
- benocclusion
- malocclusion
- closet auger
- preocclusion
- pre-occluded
- nonocclusion
- non-exclusive
- inclusiveness
- vasoocclusion
- closemindedly
- postocclusion
- supercloseness
- overinclusivity
- closehandedness
- closemindedness
- close-handedness