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adjective
1.
confined to one's home, a hospital, etc., as from illness.
2.
Psychiatry. disposed to desire solitude; withdrawn; asocial.
3.
(of an oil or gas well) temporarily sealed up.
noun
4.
a person confined by infirmity or disease to the house, a hospital, etc.
5.
Also called shut-in well. an oil or gas well that has been closed down.
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Shut in
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Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; adj., noun use of verb phrase shut in
1840–50, Americanism; adj., noun use of verb phrase shut in
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verb (used with object)
1.
to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
2.
to close the doors of (often followed 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.
EXPANDto 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.
COLLAPSEto bolt; bar.
verb (used without object)
8.
to become shut or closed; close.
noun
Verb phrases11.
the act or time of shutting or closing.
12.
the line where two pieces of welded metal are united.
13.
shut down,
a.
to settle over so as to envelop or darken: The fog shut down rapidly.
b.
to close, especially temporarily, as a factory; cease manufacturing or business operations.
c.
Also, shut down on/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.
EXPANDshut 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.
COLLAPSEshut 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.
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Word Origin & History
shut
O.E. scyttan "to put in place so as to fasten a door or gate," from W.Gmc. *skutjanan (cf. O.Fris. schetta, M.Du. schutten "to shut, shut up, obstruct"), from P.Gmc. *skut- "project" (see shoot). Meaning "to close by folding or bringing together" is from mid-14c. Sense of
EXPAND "to set (someone) free (from)" (c.1500) is obsolete except in dialectal phrases such as to get shut of. Colloquial shut-eye for "sleep" is from 1899. To shut (one's) mouth "desist from speaking" is recorded from 1340. Shut up (v.) first recorded 1840. Shut-in "person confined from normal social intercourse" is from 1904. Shut out in baseball sense is from 1881 (v.), 1889 (n.).
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shut-in n.
A person confined indoors by illness or disability. adj.
Confined to a home or hospital, as by illness.
Disposed to avoid social contact; excessively withdrawn or introverted.
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