Synonym: close, fasten, lock, seal. Antonym: open. Similar words: shut out, shuttle, wash up, finish up. Meaning: [ʃʌt] v. 1. move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut 2. become closed 3. prevent from entering; shut out. adj. 1. not open 2. used especially of mouth or eyes.
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211. Only a bit of string looped round a nail in the doorpost held it shut.
212. The factory was shut down for two months as a result of the strike.
213. You didn't shut your eyes before you made the wish, so it doesn't count!
214. You'll keep your mouth shut about this if you know what's good for you!
215. Would you shut up, please! I'm having enough trouble with these children!
216. Did you say anything to him or just shut the door in his face?
217. Mary shut her book and put it down on the table.
218. Of course it had to happen on today, when all the shops are shut.
219. I have to shave a few millimeters off the bottom of the door to make it shut.
220. The summer house was shut up for another year and we went back to the city.
221. What are the chances of peace if we shut the terrorists out of negotiations?
222. Lucy shut her eyes so she wouldn't see it happen.
223. She darted an angry look at me and I shut up.
224. Without ceremony, the woman slammed the door shut in my face.
225. Shut the door or the light will fog the film.
226. She shut the dog in the shed while she prepared the barbecue.
227. The envelope has been tampered with and then taped shut again.
228. It's getting late; let's shut up shop and finish the job tomorrow.
229. They have warned residents to stay inside and keep their doors and windows shut.
230. His remarks about her weight provoked her into telling him to shut up.
231. As soon as I'd shut the door,(www.Sentencedict.com) I realized I'd left the keys inside.
232. Don't forget to shut the cat out when you leave for work.
233. The way to shut the machine down is to type EXIT.
234. The front door is locked and all the windows are firmly shut.
235. The music room is shut off from the rest of the house by a soundproof partition.
236. If she had kept her mouth shut she would still have her job now.
237. The first four hotels we tried were shut for the winter.
238. The post office is shut, which is an infernal bore.
239. This onomatopoeic word suggests to me the sound a mousetrap makes when it snaps shut.
240. She'd better shut her mouth and from now on think twice before saying stupid things.