noun a door or cover; a shutter.
2. shut ·impf & ·p.p. of shut.
3. shut ·adj closed or fastened; as, a shut door.
4. shut ·adj rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person.
5. shut ·noun the act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.
6. shut ·noun the line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.
7. shut ·vi to close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.
8. shut ·vt to preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
9. shut ·vt to close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.
10. shut ·vt to fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book.
11. shut ·adj cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the english short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are.
12. shut ·vt to forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade.
13. shut ·adj formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g.