[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.Antonyms: open", "to close the doors of (often followed byup):to shut up a shop for the night.", "to close (something) by bringing together or folding its parts:Shut your book. Shut the window!", "to confine; enclose:to shut a bird into a cage.Synonyms: cage , imprison , jail", "to bar; exclude:They shut him from their circle.Synonyms: prohibit", "to cause (a factory, school, etc.) to end or suspend operations, services, or business activity:He shut his store, sold his house, and moved away.We're shutting the office for two weeks in June.", "to bolt; bar."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to become shut or closed; close."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["closed; fastened up:a shut door.", "Phonetics. checked(def4) checked(def4)."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the act or time of shutting or closing.", "the line where two pieces of welded metal are united."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["to stop the passage of (water, traffic, electricity, etc.); close off.to isolate; separate:an outpost almost completely shut off from civilization.", "to stop the passage of (water, traffic, electricity, etc.); close off.", "to isolate; separate:an outpost almost completely shut off from civilization.", "to enclose.to confine, as from illness:She broke her leg in a fall and has been shut in for several weeks.", "to enclose.", "to confine, as from illness:She broke her leg in a fall and has been shut in for several weeks.", "to imprison; confine.to close entirely.Informal.to stop talking; become silent (often used as a rude command):Just sit down and shut up! I thought the neighbors would never shut up and let me sleep.Informal.to stop (someone) from talking; silence.Informal.(used to express disbelief or astonishment):You dated her in high school? Shut up!", "to imprison; confine.", "to close entirely.", "Informal.to stop talking; become silent (often used as a rude command):Just sit down and shut up! I thought the neighbors would never shut up and let me sleep.", "Informal.to stop (someone) from talking; silence.", "Informal.(used to express disbelief or astonishment):You dated her in high school? Shut up!", "to close, especially temporarily; end or suspend operations, services, or business activity.to stop operating or stop the operation of (a machine):Did you remember to shut down your computer?Alsoshut down onupon.Informal.to hinder; check; stop from doing or saying something:He appeared on the talk show to shut down his critics.Informal.to defeat or outdo:The team was able to shut down the offense.to settle over a place so as to envelop or darken it:The fog shut down rapidly.", "to close, especially temporarily; end or suspend operations, services, or business activity.", "to stop operating or stop the operation of (a machine):Did you remember to shut down your computer?", "Alsoshut down onupon.Informal.to hinder; check; stop from doing or saying something:He appeared on the talk show to shut down his critics.", "Informal.to defeat or outdo:The team was able to shut down the offense.", "to settle over a place so as to envelop or darken it:The fog shut down rapidly.", "Informal.free of; rid of:He wished he were shut of all his debts.", "to keep from entering; exclude.to hide from view.to prevent (an opponent or opposing team) from scoring, as in a game of baseball.", "to keep from entering; exclude.", "to hide from view.", "to prevent (an opponent or opposing team) from scoring, as in a game of baseball."]}]