Function: intransitive verb
Date: 1779
: to settle so as to obscure vision : CLOSE IN <the night shut down early>
transitive verb : to make ineffective in competition < shut down the opposition's offensive line>
Function: intransitive verb
Date: 1779
: to settle so as to obscure vision : CLOSE IN <the night shut down early>
transitive verb : to make ineffective in competition < shut down the opposition's offensive line>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012