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verb
- become closed
- come to a close
- draw near
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- fill or stop up
- come together, as if in an embrace
- bar access to
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- engage at close quarters
- bring together all the elements or parts of
- (intransitive) To become denser or more crowded with objects.
- (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- (Philippines, Quebec, Greece, Cyprus) To turn off; to switch off.
- (transitive) To obstruct or block.
- (transitive) To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially sports) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
- (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (intransitive, of a business, market etc.) To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
- (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- (chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
- (transitive) To end or conclude.
adj
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- close in relevance or relationship
- confined to specific persons
- crowded
- strictly confined or guarded
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- lacking fresh air
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- marked by fidelity to an original
- used of hair or haircuts
- fitting closely but comfortably
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- giving or spending with reluctance
- (archaic outside certain phrases) Physically narrow or confined.
- At little distance; near in space or time.
- Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
- Carefully done, detailed.
- Accurate; precise.
- (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
- (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Tightly restricted in availability.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
- (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Attentive; undeviating; strict.
- (in particular) Almost resulting in disaster.
- (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
- Short.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
- Marked, evident.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
noun
- the last section of a communication
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the concluding part of any performance
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- A cathedral close.
- (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- An end or conclusion.
- (aviation, travel) The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
- (music) A double bar marking the end.
- (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- A grapple in wrestling.
adv
verb
- become closed
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- prevent from entering; shut out
- (transitive) To isolate, to close off from the world.
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, intransitive) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive) To confine in an enclosed area; to enclose.
- (ergative, computing, more usually 'close') To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (transitive, intransitive, chiefly British) To close (a business or venue) temporarily or permanently.
- simple past and past participle of shut
- (transitive) To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (transitive) To preclude, exclude.
noun
adj
- not open
- used especially of mouth or eyes
- (especially sports) Of a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (of a business or venue) Not operating or conducting trade; not allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
- (heraldry) Synonym of close.
- Physically sealed, obstructed, folded together, etc.
- Not available for use or operation.
- Not receptive.
noun
- The act of shutting; a closing.
- The act of shutting or closing something permanently or temporarily.
- That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.
- (mathematics) The smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property.
- (figurative) A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.
- (sociology) The phenomenon by which a group maintains its resources by the exclusion of others based on various criteria. ᵂᵖ
- (programming) An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope.
- An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
- (comics) The process whereby the reader of a comic book infers the sequence of events by looking at the picture panels.
- (politics) A method of ending a parliamentary debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body.
- (topology, of a set) The smallest closed set which contains the given set.
- A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.
- (food packaging industry) The element of packaging that closes a container.
- approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- termination of operations
- the act of blocking
- a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
- something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
- a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
verb
verb
- To close up by building.
- (card games) In solitaire card games, to place a card over another card of lower value. (e.g., place 5♦ over 4♣)
- (transitive, idiomatic) To strengthen.
- To erect; to construct.
- (intransitive, transitive, idiomatic) To accumulate: to increase incrementally or continually.
- bolster or strengthen
- change the use of and make available or usable
- enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages
- form or accumulate steadily
- prepare oneself for a military confrontation
noun
noun
- the act of closing something
- The act by which something is closed.
- the last section of a communication
- a concluding action
- approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
- termination of operations
- The final procedure in a house sale, when documents are signed and recorded.
- (mathematics) In morphology, the erosion of the dilation of a set.
- The end or conclusion of something.
adj
verb
adj
- shut
- being put out in a game of baseball
- lower than previously
- extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- understood perfectly
- becoming progressively lower
- not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
- being or moving lower in position or less in some value
- (baseball, cricket, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
- (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- (veterinary medicine, of a cow) Stranded in a recumbent position; unable to stand.
- (rail transport, of a train) Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- (normally in the combination 'down with') Sick or ill.
- (informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- (slang) In prison.
- (of a tree, limb, etc) Fallen or felled.
- At a lower level than before.
- (colloquial, with "on") Negative about; hostile to.
- (Canada, US, slang) Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].
- Facing downwards.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
noun
- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- soft fine feathers
- (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
- (American football) a complete play to advance the football
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- (UK, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- (gambling) The shift or period of time during which a dealer manages a given table before rotating to the next table at a casino or cardroom, which is often 30 minutes.
- (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- (especially Southern England, also Australia, often plural, often in place names) A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.
- (crosswording) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- Down payment.
- A downer, depressant.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
adv
- away from a more central or a more northerly place
- from an earlier time
- in an inactive or inoperative state
- to a lower intensity
- spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
- paid in cash at time of purchase
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- (crosswords, in relation to a numbered clued word) In a downwards direction; vertically.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- So as to be cowed into silence.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- From less to greater detail.
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- (comparable) At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- (sports) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- As a down payment.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
verb
- eat up completely, as with great appetite
- shoot at and force to come down
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- bring down or defeat (an opponent)
- drink down entirely
- cause to come or go down
- (transitive, golf, pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- (transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- (transitive, colloquial) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- (transitive) Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- (transitive, colloquial) To disparage; to put down.
- (transitive, American football, Canadian football) To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- (transitive, figurative) To defeat; to overpower.
- (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
- (transitive) To lower; to put (something) down.
prep
- From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
- Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.
- (UK, Ireland) To (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From north to south of.
- (UK, Ireland) At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From the higher end to the lower of.
suffix
noun
- Someone or something that closes.
- a person who closes something
- Someone or something that concludes.
- (sales) Synonym of close (“the point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy”).
- (horse racing) A horse that performs best toward the end of a race.
- The last stone in a horizontal course, if smaller than the others; a piece of brick finishing a course.
- (baseball) A relief pitcher who specializes in getting the last three outs of the game.
- (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game
adj
adv
verb
- bring to a close
- come to a close
- decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
- reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation
- reach agreement on
- (often passive voice) To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar.
- (intransitive) To end; to come to an end.
- (logic) to deduce, to infer (develop a causal relation)
- (transitive) To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.
- (transitive) To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.
- (transitive) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
verb
noun
- (surveying) The discrepancy between the starting point the endpoint of the shape reconstructed from the measured dimensions and bearings of a boundary.
- (civil engineering, by extension) The degree to which the model of the forces acting on a structure fail to account for the observed shape of that structure.
verb
- close at the end of a session
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- make a break in
- cause to go into a solution
- break violently or noisily; smash
- laugh unrestrainedly
- break or cause to break into pieces
- bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
- release ice
- cause to separate
- to cause to separate and go in different directions
- set or keep apart
- take apart into its constituent pieces
- come to an end (of a state)
- disband
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- (intransitive, idiomatic, figuratively) To become disorganised.
- (transitive) To cut or take to pieces for scrap.
- (transitive) To break or separate into pieces.
- (transitive, intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To be or cause to be overcome with laughter.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.
- (intransitive) To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To dissolve; to part.
- (reciprocal, intransitive) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship with each other.
- (transitive) To upset greatly; to cause great emotional disturbance or unhappiness in.
- (intransitive, telecommunications) Of a conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection; of a signal, to deteriorate.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship.
noun
verb
- close at the end of a session
- put into a recess
- make a recess in
- To position (something) a distance behind another thing; to set back.
- To temporarily suspend (a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.).
- (also reflexive) Often preceded by in or into: to inset (something) into a recess or niche.
- To make a recess (noun noun sense 1 and noun sense 1.1) in (something).
- (figuratively) To conceal, to hide.
- Of an official body: to suspend proceedings for a period of time.
- Of a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.: to adjourn, to take a break.
- (informal) To make a recess appointment in respect of (someone).
noun
- an enclosure that is set back or indented
- an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
- a small concavity
- a state of abeyance or suspended business
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- (government) A period of time when the proceedings of a committee, court of law, parliament, or other official body are temporarily suspended.
- (countable, historical) A decree or resolution of the diet of the Holy Roman Empire or the Hanseatic League.
- (Australia, British, Canada, US, Philippines, education) A time away from studying during the school day for a meal or recreation.
- (countable, geology) An overall-concave, reentrant section of a sinuous fold and thrust belt, thrust sheet, or a single thrust fault, caused by one or more of: deformation (folding and faulting) of strata and geologic structures during orogenesis, differences in the angle of critical taper during orogenesis, or differing erosional level of the present geomorphological surface.
- (countable) A hidden, innermost, or inaccessible place or part of a place.
- (figuratively, usually in the plural) An obscure, remote, or secret situation.
- (countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.
- (criminal slang, usually in the plural) The place in a prison where the communal lavatories are located.
- (countable) A temporary stoppage of an activity; a break, a pause.
- (architecture) A small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest; a niche.
- (countable, anatomy) An extension or outpouching of a cavity (e.g. articular recess, peritoneal recess,...)
adj
- with shutters closed
- requiring union membership
- (set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints
- not open
- not open to the general public
- used especially of mouth or eyes
- blocked against entry
- not open or affording passage or access
- not having an open mind
- Not allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
- Not public.
- (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Lacking a free variable.
- (heraldry) Synonym of close.
- (phonology) Formed by closing the mouth and nose passages completely, like the consonants /t/, /d/, and /p/.
- Of a competition or tournament: with the competitors restricted to a specific group, such as professionals, amateurs, members or residents.
- (electricity, of a switch or circuit breaker) In a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (of a store or business) Not operating or conducting trade.
- Having one end joined to the other, forming a completed loop.
- Settled; decided or determined; withdrawn from consideration.
- (especially sports) Of a club, bat or other hitting implement; angled downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (phonology) Having the sound cut off sharply by a following consonant, like the /ɪ/ in pin.
- (geometry, of a curve) Lacking endpoints. For parametric curves, with the same image for the ends of the domain.
- (geometry, of a surface) Lacking a boundary.
- (graph theory, of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are the same, forming a closed loop.
- Sealed or covered.
- (mathematics, of a set) Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it.
- Not available for use or operation.
- (computing, of a file, document, etc.) Not in current use; not connected to as a resource.
- Not receptive.
- Physically drawn together, folded or contracted.
- (topology, of a set) Having an open complement.
- (of a multi-word compound) Having component words joined together without spaces or hyphens; for example, timeslot as opposed to time slot or time-slot.
- Made impassable.
- (engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) In a position preventing fluid from flowing.
verb
verb
- To close by means of a seal.
- To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
- (dialectal) To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
- (Christianity) To form a sacred commitment.
- (Mormonism) To bind eternally as family members.
- (transitive) To place in a sealed container.
- (cooking, transitive) To fry (meat) at a high temperature to retain the juices.
- (transitive) To place a seal on (a document).
- (transitive) To guarantee.
- To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
- (intransitive) To hunt seals.
- (transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.
- (transitive, chess) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
- (transitive) To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
- (transitive) To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
- affix a seal to
- cover with varnish
- hunt seals
- make tight; secure against leakage
- close with or as if with a seal
- decide irrevocably
noun
- Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
- A facsimile of an impression of such stamp that is a mark or symbol of an office or organisation.
- (figurative) Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.
- Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
- A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
- A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
- Anything that secures or authenticates.
- A chakra.
- An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
- A tight closure, secure against leakage.
- a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture
- a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it)
- fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
- any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions
- a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents
- the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal
- an indication of approved or superior status
- fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure
noun
- (UK, in public houses) Closing time.
- (uncountable, slang) The serving of a prison sentence.
- (uncountable) The feeling of the passage of events and their relative duration, as experienced by an individual.
- (countable) A numerical indication of a particular moment.
- (uncountable with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
- (countable) An experience.
- (only in singular, sports and figuratively) Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
- (uncountable) A quantity of availability of duration.
- (countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
- (uncountable) The duration of time of a given day that has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
- (uncountable) Tempo; a measured rate of movement.
- (uncountable) Rhythmical division, meter.
- (physics, uncountable, reductionist definition) The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.
- (countable) The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
- (physics, usually uncountable) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
- (music, uncountable) The measured duration of sounds.
- (countable) An instance or occurrence.
- (jazz) (uncountable) A straight rhythmic pattern, free from fills, breaks and other embellishments.
- (countable) A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
- (countable) An era; (articulated, sometimes in the plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
- (slang, MLE) Clipping of a long time.
- (countable) A ratio of comparison (see also usage notes and prepositional sense at 'times').
- (with possessives) The end of someone’s life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
- (uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
- (physics, uncountable) Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.
- The hour of childbirth.
- the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
- a suitable moment
- an instance or single occasion for some event
- an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
- rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
- a person's experience on a particular occasion
- the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
- a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
- a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
- the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
intj
verb
- To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
- (transitive) To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.
- (transitive) To choose when something commences or its duration.
- To measure, as in music or harmony.
- assign a time for an activity or event
- set the speed, duration, or execution of
- regulate or set the time of
- measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
- adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time
verb
noun
- One who shuts or closes something.
- Any other opening and closing device.
- (construction) A panel used to contain freshly poured concrete, which is usually removed when the concrete hardens.
- (photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.
- (usually in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
- a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
- a hinged blind for a window
adj
- having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut
- showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
- (in combination) Pulled, towed, or extracted in the specified fashion.
- Depleted.
- (of a game) undecided; having no definite winner and loser; at a draw.
- (of a person or person's face) Appearing tired and unwell, as from stress; haggard.
verb
noun
- the regular time of day when an establishment closes to the public
- (UK, figuratively) Used to suggest that a deadline for action is imminent.
- (UK, Canada) The time when a public house or restaurant closes. Used to invite final drink orders.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see closing, time.
verb
- (ambitransitive) To shut a building or a business for a period of time.
- (intransitive) Of a cut or other wound: To heal.
- (intransitive, slang, Australia) To stop talking.
- (intransitive) To move nearer together so that a gap is removed.
- (intransitive) To close (remove a gap) completely or fully.
- (intransitive) To become less 'open' or communicative; to shrink back.
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
- block passage through
adv
adj
- not giving performances; closed
- showing a brooding ill humor
- (used of color) having a dark hue
- brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
- causing dejection
- secret
- marked by difficulty of style or expression
- devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
- Deprived of sight; blind.
- (gambling, of race horses) Having racing capability not widely known.
- (of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
- (of a time period) Lacking progress in science or the arts.
- Ambiguously or unclearly expressed.
- (broadcasting, of a television station) Off the air; not transmitting.
- Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension
- Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
- Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
- With emphasis placed on the unpleasant and macabre aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form, or a portion of either.
- Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malevolent, malign.
- Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
- (of a source of light) Extinguished.
- Marked by or conducted with secrecy.
noun
- absence of light or illumination
- the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- an unilluminated area
- absence of moral or spiritual values
- an unenlightened state
- A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
- (uncountable) Nightfall.
- A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.
- (uncountable) Ignorance.
verb
adj
- closed or secured with or as if with a seal
- covered with a waterproof coating
- apply a non-porous coating to something so as to ensure it is impervious
- determined irrevocably
- (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster
- undisclosed for the time being
- established irrevocably
- Of a road: having an asphalt or macadamised surface.
- Closed by a seal (something to prevent leakage).
- Preventing entrance.
- (object-oriented programming) Not subclassable; from which one cannot inherit.
verb
verb
- cease operating
- delete or remove
- strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out
- intercept (a player)
- cut off and stop
- form and create by cutting out
- (transitive) To oust; to replace.
- (nautical) To take a ship out of a harbor etc. by getting between her and the shore.
- (transitive) To intercept.
- (transitive) To remove; to omit.
- (usually passive voice) To arrange or prepare.
- (intransitive) To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand) To separate (an animal) from the herd.
- (intransitive) To leave suddenly.
- (transitive, informal) To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something).
- (intransitive, Australia, slang) To serve time in prison as an alternative to paying fines.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever.
adj
adj
adj
verb
- put an end to
- be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
- bring to an end or halt
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- (intransitive) To conclude; to bring something to an end.
- (transitive) To finish, terminate.
- (intransitive, ergative) To come to an end.
noun
- one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
- the last section of a communication
- a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
- the point in time at which something ends
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line
- (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
- a boundary marking the extremities of something
- the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
- the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
- the part you are expected to play
- either extremity of something that has length
- a final state
- a final part or section
- One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
- That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
- The terminal point of something in space or time.
- (American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
- (in the plural, slang, African-American Vernacular) Money.
- The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
- (curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
- (by extension, often with "the") Death.
- (cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
- Result.
- (mathematics) An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory)
- (by extension) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
- A purpose, goal, or aim.
noun
- The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.
- (sports) A defensive ploy that prevents the opposing players from attacking.
- (psychology, autism) An autistic response to stress or sensory overload, in which the individual freezes up and becomes silent, motionless, and unresponsive.
- (UK, slang) A big success; a hyped atmosphere.
- A statement, insult, etc. that prevents the opponent from replying further.
- termination of operations
adj
- closed to traffic
- completely obstructed or closed off
- Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.
- (of a person, telephone number, IP address, etc.) Banned or barred from connecting or logging on.
- Unable to move owing to an obstruction.
- (crosswording) With black squares separating the lights and marking the ends of words.
- (of a computer account or similar) Disabled or disconnected, so as to prevent access or from performing certain actions.
- (Ireland, slang) Drunk.
verb
verb
- To come to an end; to terminate; to lapse.
- (intransitive) To collapse inwards.
- To become operative.
- (intransitive, military) Of a soldier, to get into position in a rank.
- to take one's place in a military formation or line
- become part of; become a member of a group or organization
- break down, literally or metaphorically
verb
- cause to cease operating
- deprive of life
- hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
- tire out completely
- thwart the passage of
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
- end or extinguish by forceful means
- drink down entirely
- be the source of great pain for
- cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
- be fatal
- destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
- cause the death of, without intention
- (transitive or intransitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To cause great pain, discomfort, or distress to; to hurt.
- (figuratively, informal, hyperbolic, transitive) To punish severely.
- (transitive) To render inoperative.
- (transitive) To use up or to waste.
- (computing, Internet, IRC, transitive) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
- (transitive, figuratively) To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
- (transitive, sports) To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.
- (slang) To sexually penetrate in a skillful way.
- (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
- (transitive, sports) To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
- (transitive, figuratively, informal) To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.
- (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
- To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
- (transitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.
- (transitive) To force a company out of business.
- (metallurgy) To deadmelt.
- (mathematics, transitive, informal) To cause to assume the value zero.
- (reflexive, informal) To exert oneself to an excessive degree.
noun
- the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
- the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal
- the act of terminating a life
- The act of killing.
- (New York) A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.
- (volleyball) The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
- (military, gaming, countable) An instance of killing; a score on the tally of enemy personnel or vehicles killed or destroyed.
- Specifically, the death blow.
- The result of killing; that which has been killed.
- (rare) Alternative form of kiln.
noun
- The act of shutting; a closing.
- The act of shutting or closing something permanently or temporarily.
- That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.
- (mathematics) The smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property.
- (figurative) A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.
- (sociology) The phenomenon by which a group maintains its resources by the exclusion of others based on various criteria. ᵂᵖ
- (programming) An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope.
- An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
- (comics) The process whereby the reader of a comic book infers the sequence of events by looking at the picture panels.
- (politics) A method of ending a parliamentary debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body.
- (topology, of a set) The smallest closed set which contains the given set.
- A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.
- (food packaging industry) The element of packaging that closes a container.
- approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- termination of operations
- the act of blocking
- a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
- something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
- a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
verb
verb
- become closed
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- prevent from entering; shut out
- (transitive) To isolate, to close off from the world.
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, intransitive) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive) To confine in an enclosed area; to enclose.
- (ergative, computing, more usually 'close') To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (transitive, intransitive, chiefly British) To close (a business or venue) temporarily or permanently.
- simple past and past participle of shut
- (transitive) To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (transitive) To preclude, exclude.
noun
adj
- not open
- used especially of mouth or eyes
- (especially sports) Of a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (of a business or venue) Not operating or conducting trade; not allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
- (heraldry) Synonym of close.
- Physically sealed, obstructed, folded together, etc.
- Not available for use or operation.
- Not receptive.
noun
- the act of closing something
- The act by which something is closed.
- the last section of a communication
- a concluding action
- approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
- termination of operations
- The final procedure in a house sale, when documents are signed and recorded.
- (mathematics) In morphology, the erosion of the dilation of a set.
- The end or conclusion of something.
adj
verb
noun
- Someone or something that closes.
- a person who closes something
- Someone or something that concludes.
- (sales) Synonym of close (“the point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy”).
- (horse racing) A horse that performs best toward the end of a race.
- The last stone in a horizontal course, if smaller than the others; a piece of brick finishing a course.
- (baseball) A relief pitcher who specializes in getting the last three outs of the game.
- (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game
adj
adv
noun
- (UK, in public houses) Closing time.
- (uncountable, slang) The serving of a prison sentence.
- (uncountable) The feeling of the passage of events and their relative duration, as experienced by an individual.
- (countable) A numerical indication of a particular moment.
- (uncountable with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
- (countable) An experience.
- (only in singular, sports and figuratively) Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
- (uncountable) A quantity of availability of duration.
- (countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
- (uncountable) The duration of time of a given day that has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
- (uncountable) Tempo; a measured rate of movement.
- (uncountable) Rhythmical division, meter.
- (physics, uncountable, reductionist definition) The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.
- (countable) The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
- (physics, usually uncountable) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
- (music, uncountable) The measured duration of sounds.
- (countable) An instance or occurrence.
- (jazz) (uncountable) A straight rhythmic pattern, free from fills, breaks and other embellishments.
- (countable) A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
- (countable) An era; (articulated, sometimes in the plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
- (slang, MLE) Clipping of a long time.
- (countable) A ratio of comparison (see also usage notes and prepositional sense at 'times').
- (with possessives) The end of someone’s life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
- (uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
- (physics, uncountable) Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.
- The hour of childbirth.
- the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
- a suitable moment
- an instance or single occasion for some event
- an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
- rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
- a person's experience on a particular occasion
- the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
- a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
- a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
- the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
intj
verb
- To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
- (transitive) To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.
- (transitive) To choose when something commences or its duration.
- To measure, as in music or harmony.
- assign a time for an activity or event
- set the speed, duration, or execution of
- regulate or set the time of
- measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
- adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time
verb
noun
- One who shuts or closes something.
- Any other opening and closing device.
- (construction) A panel used to contain freshly poured concrete, which is usually removed when the concrete hardens.
- (photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.
- (usually in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
- a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
- a hinged blind for a window
noun
- the regular time of day when an establishment closes to the public
- (UK, figuratively) Used to suggest that a deadline for action is imminent.
- (UK, Canada) The time when a public house or restaurant closes. Used to invite final drink orders.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see closing, time.
noun
- The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.
- (sports) A defensive ploy that prevents the opposing players from attacking.
- (psychology, autism) An autistic response to stress or sensory overload, in which the individual freezes up and becomes silent, motionless, and unresponsive.
- (UK, slang) A big success; a hyped atmosphere.
- A statement, insult, etc. that prevents the opponent from replying further.
- termination of operations
verb
- become closed
- come to a close
- draw near
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- fill or stop up
- come together, as if in an embrace
- bar access to
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- engage at close quarters
- bring together all the elements or parts of
- (intransitive) To become denser or more crowded with objects.
- (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- (Philippines, Quebec, Greece, Cyprus) To turn off; to switch off.
- (transitive) To obstruct or block.
- (transitive) To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially sports) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
- (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (intransitive, of a business, market etc.) To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
- (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- (chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
- (transitive) To end or conclude.
adj
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- close in relevance or relationship
- confined to specific persons
- crowded
- strictly confined or guarded
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- lacking fresh air
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- marked by fidelity to an original
- used of hair or haircuts
- fitting closely but comfortably
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- giving or spending with reluctance
- (archaic outside certain phrases) Physically narrow or confined.
- At little distance; near in space or time.
- Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
- Carefully done, detailed.
- Accurate; precise.
- (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
- (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Tightly restricted in availability.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
- (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Attentive; undeviating; strict.
- (in particular) Almost resulting in disaster.
- (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
- Short.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
- Marked, evident.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
noun
- the last section of a communication
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the concluding part of any performance
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- A cathedral close.
- (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- An end or conclusion.
- (aviation, travel) The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
- (music) A double bar marking the end.
- (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- A grapple in wrestling.
adv
verb
- become closed
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- prevent from entering; shut out
- (transitive) To isolate, to close off from the world.
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, intransitive) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive) To confine in an enclosed area; to enclose.
- (ergative, computing, more usually 'close') To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (transitive, intransitive, chiefly British) To close (a business or venue) temporarily or permanently.
- simple past and past participle of shut
- (transitive) To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (transitive) To preclude, exclude.
noun
adj
- not open
- used especially of mouth or eyes
- (especially sports) Of a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (of a business or venue) Not operating or conducting trade; not allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
- (heraldry) Synonym of close.
- Physically sealed, obstructed, folded together, etc.
- Not available for use or operation.
- Not receptive.
verb
- To close up by building.
- (card games) In solitaire card games, to place a card over another card of lower value. (e.g., place 5♦ over 4♣)
- (transitive, idiomatic) To strengthen.
- To erect; to construct.
- (intransitive, transitive, idiomatic) To accumulate: to increase incrementally or continually.
- bolster or strengthen
- change the use of and make available or usable
- enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages
- form or accumulate steadily
- prepare oneself for a military confrontation
noun
verb
- bring to a close
- come to a close
- decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
- reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation
- reach agreement on
- (often passive voice) To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar.
- (intransitive) To end; to come to an end.
- (logic) to deduce, to infer (develop a causal relation)
- (transitive) To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.
- (transitive) To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.
- (transitive) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
verb
noun
- (surveying) The discrepancy between the starting point the endpoint of the shape reconstructed from the measured dimensions and bearings of a boundary.
- (civil engineering, by extension) The degree to which the model of the forces acting on a structure fail to account for the observed shape of that structure.
verb
- close at the end of a session
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- make a break in
- cause to go into a solution
- break violently or noisily; smash
- laugh unrestrainedly
- break or cause to break into pieces
- bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
- release ice
- cause to separate
- to cause to separate and go in different directions
- set or keep apart
- take apart into its constituent pieces
- come to an end (of a state)
- disband
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- (intransitive, idiomatic, figuratively) To become disorganised.
- (transitive) To cut or take to pieces for scrap.
- (transitive) To break or separate into pieces.
- (transitive, intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To be or cause to be overcome with laughter.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.
- (intransitive) To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To dissolve; to part.
- (reciprocal, intransitive) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship with each other.
- (transitive) To upset greatly; to cause great emotional disturbance or unhappiness in.
- (intransitive, telecommunications) Of a conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection; of a signal, to deteriorate.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship.
noun
verb
- close at the end of a session
- put into a recess
- make a recess in
- To position (something) a distance behind another thing; to set back.
- To temporarily suspend (a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.).
- (also reflexive) Often preceded by in or into: to inset (something) into a recess or niche.
- To make a recess (noun noun sense 1 and noun sense 1.1) in (something).
- (figuratively) To conceal, to hide.
- Of an official body: to suspend proceedings for a period of time.
- Of a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.: to adjourn, to take a break.
- (informal) To make a recess appointment in respect of (someone).
noun
- an enclosure that is set back or indented
- an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
- a small concavity
- a state of abeyance or suspended business
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- (government) A period of time when the proceedings of a committee, court of law, parliament, or other official body are temporarily suspended.
- (countable, historical) A decree or resolution of the diet of the Holy Roman Empire or the Hanseatic League.
- (Australia, British, Canada, US, Philippines, education) A time away from studying during the school day for a meal or recreation.
- (countable, geology) An overall-concave, reentrant section of a sinuous fold and thrust belt, thrust sheet, or a single thrust fault, caused by one or more of: deformation (folding and faulting) of strata and geologic structures during orogenesis, differences in the angle of critical taper during orogenesis, or differing erosional level of the present geomorphological surface.
- (countable) A hidden, innermost, or inaccessible place or part of a place.
- (figuratively, usually in the plural) An obscure, remote, or secret situation.
- (countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.
- (criminal slang, usually in the plural) The place in a prison where the communal lavatories are located.
- (countable) A temporary stoppage of an activity; a break, a pause.
- (architecture) A small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest; a niche.
- (countable, anatomy) An extension or outpouching of a cavity (e.g. articular recess, peritoneal recess,...)
verb
- To close by means of a seal.
- To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
- (dialectal) To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
- (Christianity) To form a sacred commitment.
- (Mormonism) To bind eternally as family members.
- (transitive) To place in a sealed container.
- (cooking, transitive) To fry (meat) at a high temperature to retain the juices.
- (transitive) To place a seal on (a document).
- (transitive) To guarantee.
- To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
- (intransitive) To hunt seals.
- (transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.
- (transitive, chess) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
- (transitive) To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
- (transitive) To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
- affix a seal to
- cover with varnish
- hunt seals
- make tight; secure against leakage
- close with or as if with a seal
- decide irrevocably
noun
- Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
- A facsimile of an impression of such stamp that is a mark or symbol of an office or organisation.
- (figurative) Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.
- Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
- A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
- A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
- Anything that secures or authenticates.
- A chakra.
- An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
- A tight closure, secure against leakage.
- a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture
- a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it)
- fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
- any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions
- a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents
- the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal
- an indication of approved or superior status
- fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure
verb
noun
- One who shuts or closes something.
- Any other opening and closing device.
- (construction) A panel used to contain freshly poured concrete, which is usually removed when the concrete hardens.
- (photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.
- (usually in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
- a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
- a hinged blind for a window
verb
- (ambitransitive) To shut a building or a business for a period of time.
- (intransitive) Of a cut or other wound: To heal.
- (intransitive, slang, Australia) To stop talking.
- (intransitive) To move nearer together so that a gap is removed.
- (intransitive) To close (remove a gap) completely or fully.
- (intransitive) To become less 'open' or communicative; to shrink back.
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
- block passage through
adv
verb
- cease operating
- delete or remove
- strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out
- intercept (a player)
- cut off and stop
- form and create by cutting out
- (transitive) To oust; to replace.
- (nautical) To take a ship out of a harbor etc. by getting between her and the shore.
- (transitive) To intercept.
- (transitive) To remove; to omit.
- (usually passive voice) To arrange or prepare.
- (intransitive) To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand) To separate (an animal) from the herd.
- (intransitive) To leave suddenly.
- (transitive, informal) To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something).
- (intransitive, Australia, slang) To serve time in prison as an alternative to paying fines.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever.
adj
verb
- put an end to
- be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
- bring to an end or halt
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- (intransitive) To conclude; to bring something to an end.
- (transitive) To finish, terminate.
- (intransitive, ergative) To come to an end.
noun
- one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
- the last section of a communication
- a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
- the point in time at which something ends
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line
- (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
- a boundary marking the extremities of something
- the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
- the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
- the part you are expected to play
- either extremity of something that has length
- a final state
- a final part or section
- One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
- That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
- The terminal point of something in space or time.
- (American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
- (in the plural, slang, African-American Vernacular) Money.
- The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
- (curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
- (by extension, often with "the") Death.
- (cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
- Result.
- (mathematics) An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory)
- (by extension) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
- A purpose, goal, or aim.
verb
- To come to an end; to terminate; to lapse.
- (intransitive) To collapse inwards.
- To become operative.
- (intransitive, military) Of a soldier, to get into position in a rank.
- to take one's place in a military formation or line
- become part of; become a member of a group or organization
- break down, literally or metaphorically
verb
- cause to cease operating
- deprive of life
- hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
- tire out completely
- thwart the passage of
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
- end or extinguish by forceful means
- drink down entirely
- be the source of great pain for
- cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
- be fatal
- destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
- cause the death of, without intention
- (transitive or intransitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To cause great pain, discomfort, or distress to; to hurt.
- (figuratively, informal, hyperbolic, transitive) To punish severely.
- (transitive) To render inoperative.
- (transitive) To use up or to waste.
- (computing, Internet, IRC, transitive) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
- (transitive, figuratively) To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
- (transitive, sports) To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.
- (slang) To sexually penetrate in a skillful way.
- (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
- (transitive, sports) To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
- (transitive, figuratively, informal) To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.
- (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
- To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
- (transitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.
- (transitive) To force a company out of business.
- (metallurgy) To deadmelt.
- (mathematics, transitive, informal) To cause to assume the value zero.
- (reflexive, informal) To exert oneself to an excessive degree.
noun
- the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
- the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal
- the act of terminating a life
- The act of killing.
- (New York) A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.
- (volleyball) The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
- (military, gaming, countable) An instance of killing; a score on the tally of enemy personnel or vehicles killed or destroyed.
- Specifically, the death blow.
- The result of killing; that which has been killed.
- (rare) Alternative form of kiln.
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adj
- shut
- being put out in a game of baseball
- lower than previously
- extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- understood perfectly
- becoming progressively lower
- not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
- being or moving lower in position or less in some value
- (baseball, cricket, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
- (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- (veterinary medicine, of a cow) Stranded in a recumbent position; unable to stand.
- (rail transport, of a train) Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- (normally in the combination 'down with') Sick or ill.
- (informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- (slang) In prison.
- (of a tree, limb, etc) Fallen or felled.
- At a lower level than before.
- (colloquial, with "on") Negative about; hostile to.
- (Canada, US, slang) Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].
- Facing downwards.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
noun
- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- soft fine feathers
- (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
- (American football) a complete play to advance the football
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- (UK, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- (gambling) The shift or period of time during which a dealer manages a given table before rotating to the next table at a casino or cardroom, which is often 30 minutes.
- (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- (especially Southern England, also Australia, often plural, often in place names) A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.
- (crosswording) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- Down payment.
- A downer, depressant.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
adv
- away from a more central or a more northerly place
- from an earlier time
- in an inactive or inoperative state
- to a lower intensity
- spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
- paid in cash at time of purchase
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- (crosswords, in relation to a numbered clued word) In a downwards direction; vertically.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- So as to be cowed into silence.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- From less to greater detail.
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- (comparable) At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- (sports) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- As a down payment.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
verb
- eat up completely, as with great appetite
- shoot at and force to come down
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- bring down or defeat (an opponent)
- drink down entirely
- cause to come or go down
- (transitive, golf, pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- (transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- (transitive, colloquial) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- (transitive) Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- (transitive, colloquial) To disparage; to put down.
- (transitive, American football, Canadian football) To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- (transitive, figurative) To defeat; to overpower.
- (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
- (transitive) To lower; to put (something) down.
prep
- From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
- Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.
- (UK, Ireland) To (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From north to south of.
- (UK, Ireland) At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From the higher end to the lower of.
adj
- with shutters closed
- requiring union membership
- (set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints
- not open
- not open to the general public
- used especially of mouth or eyes
- blocked against entry
- not open or affording passage or access
- not having an open mind
- Not allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
- Not public.
- (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Lacking a free variable.
- (heraldry) Synonym of close.
- (phonology) Formed by closing the mouth and nose passages completely, like the consonants /t/, /d/, and /p/.
- Of a competition or tournament: with the competitors restricted to a specific group, such as professionals, amateurs, members or residents.
- (electricity, of a switch or circuit breaker) In a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (of a store or business) Not operating or conducting trade.
- Having one end joined to the other, forming a completed loop.
- Settled; decided or determined; withdrawn from consideration.
- (especially sports) Of a club, bat or other hitting implement; angled downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (phonology) Having the sound cut off sharply by a following consonant, like the /ɪ/ in pin.
- (geometry, of a curve) Lacking endpoints. For parametric curves, with the same image for the ends of the domain.
- (geometry, of a surface) Lacking a boundary.
- (graph theory, of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are the same, forming a closed loop.
- Sealed or covered.
- (mathematics, of a set) Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it.
- Not available for use or operation.
- (computing, of a file, document, etc.) Not in current use; not connected to as a resource.
- Not receptive.
- Physically drawn together, folded or contracted.
- (topology, of a set) Having an open complement.
- (of a multi-word compound) Having component words joined together without spaces or hyphens; for example, timeslot as opposed to time slot or time-slot.
- Made impassable.
- (engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) In a position preventing fluid from flowing.
verb
adj
- having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut
- showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
- (in combination) Pulled, towed, or extracted in the specified fashion.
- Depleted.
- (of a game) undecided; having no definite winner and loser; at a draw.
- (of a person or person's face) Appearing tired and unwell, as from stress; haggard.
verb
adj
- not giving performances; closed
- showing a brooding ill humor
- (used of color) having a dark hue
- brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
- causing dejection
- secret
- marked by difficulty of style or expression
- devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
- Deprived of sight; blind.
- (gambling, of race horses) Having racing capability not widely known.
- (of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
- (of a time period) Lacking progress in science or the arts.
- Ambiguously or unclearly expressed.
- (broadcasting, of a television station) Off the air; not transmitting.
- Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension
- Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
- Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
- With emphasis placed on the unpleasant and macabre aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form, or a portion of either.
- Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malevolent, malign.
- Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
- (of a source of light) Extinguished.
- Marked by or conducted with secrecy.
noun
- absence of light or illumination
- the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- an unilluminated area
- absence of moral or spiritual values
- an unenlightened state
- A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
- (uncountable) Nightfall.
- A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.
- (uncountable) Ignorance.
verb
adj
- closed or secured with or as if with a seal
- covered with a waterproof coating
- apply a non-porous coating to something so as to ensure it is impervious
- determined irrevocably
- (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster
- undisclosed for the time being
- established irrevocably
- Of a road: having an asphalt or macadamised surface.
- Closed by a seal (something to prevent leakage).
- Preventing entrance.
- (object-oriented programming) Not subclassable; from which one cannot inherit.
verb
adj
adj
adj
- closed to traffic
- completely obstructed or closed off
- Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.
- (of a person, telephone number, IP address, etc.) Banned or barred from connecting or logging on.
- Unable to move owing to an obstruction.
- (crosswording) With black squares separating the lights and marking the ends of words.
- (of a computer account or similar) Disabled or disconnected, so as to prevent access or from performing certain actions.
- (Ireland, slang) Drunk.