Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web
Popular Searches
Synonyms
Nearby Words

shut down on

 - 1 dictionary result
Shoot Down
Great Prices and Huge Selection Qualified orders over $25 ship free
Amazon.com

shut

  [shuht] verb, shut, shut⋅ting, adjective, noun
Use shut down on in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
2. to close the doors of (often fol. by up): to shut up a shop for the night.
3. to close (something) by bringing together or folding its parts: Shut your book. Shut the window!
4. to confine; enclose: to shut a bird into a cage.
5. to bar; exclude: They shut him from their circle.
6. to cause (a business, factory, store, etc.) to end or suspend operations: He shut his store, sold his house, and moved away. We're shutting the office for two weeks in June.
7. to bolt; bar.
–verb (used without object)
8. to become shut or closed; close.
–adjective
9. closed; fastened up: a shut door.
10. Phonetics. checked.
–noun
11. the act or time of shutting or closing.
12. the line where two pieces of welded metal are united.
—Verb phrases
13. shut down,
a. to settle over so as to envelop or darken: The fog shut down rapidly.
b. to close, esp. temporarily, as a factory; cease manufacturing or business operations.
c. Also, shut down on or upon. Informal. to hinder; check; stop.
14. shut in,
a. to enclose.
b. to confine, as from illness: She broke her leg in a fall and has been shut in for several weeks.
15. shut of, Informal. free of; rid of: He wished he were shut of all his debts.
16. shut off,
a. to stop the passage of (water, traffic, electricity, etc.); close off.
b. to isolate; separate: an outpost almost completely shut off from civilization.
17. shut out,
a. to keep from entering; exclude.
b. to hide from view.
c. to prevent (an opponent or opposing team) from scoring, as in a game of baseball.
18. shut up,
a. to imprison; confine.
b. to close entirely.
c. to stop talking; become silent: I thought the neighbors would never shut up and let me sleep.
d. to stop (someone) from talking; silence.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME schutten, OE scyttan to bolt (a door); akin to shoot

Synonyms:
1. See close. 4. jail, imprison, cage. 5. prohibit.

Antonyms:
1. open.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To shut down on
Shoot Down
Great Prices and Huge Selection Qualified orders over $25 ship free
Amazon.com
Search another word or see shut down on on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us:
Partner Sites:
Ask AnswersEviteExpediaHotelsHotwireLife123LiveDailyMy Way