shut

shut is on the Basic English 850 List.

short - shut - side

shut is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

show - shut - sick

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ʃʌt/
• SAMPA: /SVt/

• Audio (US)

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Verb

Plain form shut

Third-person singular shuts

Past tense shut

Past participle shut

Present participle shutting

1. When someone moves a door so that people can't go through it, the person is shutting the door. When someone puts their lips together so that no air or food can go in or out of their mouth, the person is shutting their mouth.

   The wind was too cold, so I shut the window.

• 
  This window is open. It is not shut.
• 
  This window is shut.

Synonyms

• close