shut

English

/ʃʌt/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To close, to stop from being open.
  • (intransitive) To close, to stop being open.
  • (transitive) To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.
  • (transitive) To confine in an enclosed area.
  • (transitive) To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.
  • To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English shutten inherited from Old English scyttan (shut to, pay off, cause rapid movement, shoot a bolt, shut, bolt, discharge a debt) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skutjaną (bar, bolt), *skuttą derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (rush, shoot, drive, fall upon, throw, propel, pursue, drive forth).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)kewd-

Gloss

rush, shoot, drive, fall upon, throw, propel, pursue, drive forth

Concept
Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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