<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>shut, shutting</li><li>to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct</li><li>to close the doors of (often followed by up): to shut up a shop for the night</li><li>to close (something) by bringing together or folding its parts: Shut your book. Shut the window!</li><li>to confine; enclose: to shut a bird into a cage</li><li>to bar; exclude: They shut him from their circle</li><li>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</li><li>We're shutting the office for two weeks in June</li><li>to bolt; bar</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>shut, shutting</li><li>to become shut or closed; close</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>closed; fastened up: a shut door</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act or time of shutting or closing</li><li>the line where two pieces of welded metal are united</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>to stop the passage of (water, traffic, electricity, etc.); close off</li><li>to isolate; separate: an outpost almost completely shut off from civilization</li><li>to enclose</li><li>to confine, as from illness: She broke her leg in a fall and has been shut in for several weeks</li><li>to imprison; confine</li><li>to close entirely</li><li>Informal: to stop talking; become silent (often used as a rude command): Just sit down and shut up!</li><li>Informal: to stop (someone) from talking; silence</li><li>Informal (used to express disbelief or astonishment): You dated her in high school? Shut up!</li><li>to close, especially temporarily; end or suspend operations, services, or business activity</li><li>to stop operating or stop the operation of (a machine): Did you remember to shut down your computer?</li><li>Informal: to hinder; check; stop from doing or saying something: He appeared on the talk show to shut down his critics</li><li>Informal: to defeat or outdo: The team was able to shut down the offense</li><li>to settle over a place so as to envelop or darken it: The fog shut down rapidly</li><li>Informal: free of; rid of: He wished he were shut of all his debts</li><li>to keep from entering; exclude</li><li>to hide from view</li><li>to prevent (an opponent or opposing team) from scoring, as in a game of baseball</li></ul>