Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
close (
verb)
transitive verb
1.
a) to move so as to bar passage through something - close the gate
b) to block against entry or passage - close a street
c) to deny access to - the city closed the beach
d) - screen exclude close a view
e) to suspend or stop the operations of - close school often used with down
2.
archaic - enclose contain
3.
a) to bring to an end or period - close an account
b) to conclude discussion or negotiation about - the question is closed , also to consummate by performing something previously agreed - close a transfer of real estate title
c) to terminate access to (a computer file or program)
4.
a) to bring or bind together the parts or edges of - a closed book
b) to fill up (as an opening)
c) to make complete by circling or enveloping or by making continuous - close a circuit
intransitive verb
d) to reduce to nil - closed the distance to the lead racer
1.
a) to contract, fold, swing, or slide so as to leave no opening - the door closed quietly
b) to cease operation - the factory closed down the stores close at 9 p.m.
2.
a) to draw near - the ship was closing with the island
b) to engage in a struggle at close quarters - grapple close with the enemy
3.
a) to come together - meet
b) to draw the free foot up to the supporting foot in dancing
4.
to enter into or complete an agreement - close on a deal
5.
to come to an end or period - the services closed with a short prayer
6.
to reduce a gap - closed to within two points
(
noun)
1.
a) a coming or bringing to a conclusion - at the close of the party
b) a conclusion or end in time or existence - cessation the decade drew to a close
c) the concluding passage (as of a speech or play)
2.
the conclusion of a musical strain or period - cadence
3.
archaic a hostile encounter
4.
the movement of the free foot in dancing toward or into contact with the supporting foot
(
noun)
1.
a) an enclosed area
b) chiefly British the precinct of a cathedral
2.
chiefly British
a) a narrow passage leading from a street to a court and the houses within or to the common stairway of tenements
b) a road at one end - closed
(
adjective)
1.
having no openings - closed
2.
a) confined or carefully guarded - close arrest
b) (1) of a vowel - high
(2) formed with the tongue in a higher position than for the other vowel of a pair
3.
restricted to a privileged class
4.
a) - secluded secret
b) - secretive she could tell us something if she would … but she was as close as wax A. Conan Doyle
5.
- strict rigorous keep close watch
6.
hot and stuffy - a room with an uncomfortably close atmosphere
7.
not generous in giving or spending - tight
8.
having little space between items or units - a close weave a close grain
9.
a) fitting tightly or exactly - a close fit
b) very short or near to the surface - a close haircut
10.
being near in time, space, effect, or degree - at close range close to my birthday close to the speed of sound
11.
- intimate familiar close friends
12.
a) very precise and attentive to details - a close reading a close study
b) marked by fidelity to an original - a close copy of an old master
c) - terse compact
13.
decided or won by a narrow margin - a close baseball game
14.
difficult to obtain - money is close
15.
of punctuation characterized by liberal use especially of commas stingy
(
adverb)
in a close position or manner
(
biographical name)
Chuck 1940– Am. painter - Charles Thomas Close
