Definition of shut

• imp. & p. p. - of Shut
• v. t. - To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.
• v. t. - To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade.
• v. t. - To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
• v. t. - To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book.
• v. i. - To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.
• a. - Closed or fastened; as, a shut door.
• a. - Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person.
• a. - Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g.
• a. - Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are.
• n. - The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.
• n. - A door or cover; a shutter.
• n. - The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.