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shut-in

  [shuht-in]
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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 disposed to desire solitude; withdrawn; asocial.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.
Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; adj., n. use of v. phrase shut in
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shut

  [shuht] verb, shut, shut⋅ting, adjective, noun
–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.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2shut–in
Pronunciation: "sh&t-"in
Function: adjective
1 : confined to one's home or an institution by illness orincapacity
2 : tending to avoid social contact : WITHDRAWN shut–in personality type —S. K. Weinberg>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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shut-in n.
A person confined indoors by illness or disability. adj.

  1. Confined to a home or hospital, as by illness.

  2. Disposed to avoid social contact; excessively withdrawn or introverted.

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