Definition von shut} im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- shut
- To close, to stop from being open
The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes.
- shut
- To close, to stop being open
If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut.
- shut
- To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed
The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.
- shut
- A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets
- shut down
- To close, terminate, or end
They are planning to shut down the entire building at the end of the month.
- shut down
- To turn off or stop
It's a good idea to shut down the machine before you leave.
- shut in
- to completely surround, enclose
- shut in
- to lock in
We need to shut the dog in so he doesn't escape.
- shut off
- To stop or turn off by closing something (such as a valve)
- shut one's face
- To stop talking; to be quiet
Why don’t you just shut your face? I’m tired of listening to you.
- shut one's mouth
- To stop talking; to be quiet
Why don’t you just shut your mouth? I’m tired of listening to you.
- shut out
- To close a door on someone, or to exclude
- shut out
- performing a shutout
- shut out
- Alternative spelling of shutout
- shut up
- Of a person, to stop talking or (of a person or thing) making noise
You are talking so loud that I can't hear the music — would you mind shutting up?.
- shut up
- To close (a building) so that no one can enter
- shut up
- To stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) making noise
- shut up
- To enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
You know the doctor's ways, sir, replied Poole, and how he shuts himself up. Well, he's shut up again in the cabinet; and I don't like it, sir--I wish I may die if I like it. Mr. Utterson, sir, I'm afraid..
- shut up
- To put (an object) in a secure enclosed place
- shut up
- To terminate (a business)
- shut up
- I don't believe it!, no way!
- shut up shop
- To close up shop; to end a business activity
This company decided to shut up shop in this country and move to America, where corporate taxes are lower.
- shut up shop
- To bat defensively in the last innings of a match in order to force a draw when winning is not possible
- shut-eye
- Sleep
With the night so quiet and peaceful, though, there was nothing he could do except return to camp and try to get a little shut-eye himself.
- shut-in
- A person confined to a location, as by illness or infirmity
He visited shut-ins as a good deed.
- shut-in
- Introverted
- shut-in
- Confined to a location, as by infirmity or illness
- shut
- {v} to close, bar, stop, fasten, confine, contract
- shut
- {n} the act of shutting, a door, cover, pig
- shut
- {a} closes, confined, free, clear, rid
- shut it down
- (Argo) Shut up! To tell a person or group of people to be quiet
You need to shut it down.
- shut the hell up
- Be quiet, keep quiet, hold your tongue
- shut
- To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard
- shut
- prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"
- shut
- Closed or fastened; as, a shut door
- shut
- If you shut something such as a door or if it shuts, it moves so that it fills a hole or a space. Just make sure you shut the gate after you The screen door shut gently. = close open Shut is also an adjective. They have warned residents to stay inside and keep their doors and windows shut
- shut
- When a store, bar, or other public building shuts or when someone shuts it, it is closed and you cannot use it until it is open again. There is a tendency to shut museums or shops at a moment's notice What time do the pubs shut? = close open Shut is also an adjective. Make sure you have food to tide you over when the local shop may be shut
- shut
- not open; "the door slammed shut
- shut
- {s} closed, fastened
- shut
- become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang"
- shut
- If your mouth shuts or if you shut your mouth, you place your lips firmly together. Daniel's mouth opened, and then shut again He opened and shut his mouth, unspeaking. = close open Shut is also an adjective. She was silent for a moment, lips tight shut, eyes distant
- shut
- Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person
- shut
- 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
- shut
- To preclude; to exclude; to bar out
- shut
- If you keep your mouth shut, you do not express your opinions about something, even though you would like to. If she had kept her mouth shut she would still have her job now
- shut
- To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth
- shut
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window"
- shut
- A door or cover; a shutter
- shut
- If you shut your eyes, you lower your eyelids so that you cannot see anything. Lucy shut her eyes so she wouldn't see it happen. = close open Shut is also an adjective. His eyes were shut and he seemed to have fallen asleep
- shut
- Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, ă, &ebreve;, &ibreve;, &obreve;, ŭ, always are
- shut
- not open; "the door slammed shut"
- shut
- {f} close, move to a closed position; block, obstruct; lock, bolt; confine; cease operation, halt activity
- shut
- If someone tells you to keep your mouth shut about something, they are telling you not to let anyone else know about it
- shut
- used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight"
- shut
- The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door
- shut
- The form shut is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle
- shut
- 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
- shut
- To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade
- shut
- The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding
- shut
- disapproval If you say that someone shuts their eyes to something, you mean that they deliberately ignore something which they should deal with. We shut our eyes to the plainest facts, refusing to admit the truth
- shut a person in prison
- imprison someone, lock someone away in jail
- shut away
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"
- shut down
- To turn the power off In Windows 95 and Windows 98, the normal way to turn a computer off is to select Start->Shut Down
- shut down
- A state in which a system or component cannot be operated by normal operating controls
- shut down
- Selecting this command will shut down all applications currently running, and then shut down your computer operating system to the point where your computer will automatically power off or is ready to be manually powered off
- shut down
- To power down a computer so that the power may be turned off Turning off a computer before shutting down can harm the hardware or corrupt system files Shutting down a computer in a Windows environment can be achieved by selecting "Start," "Shut Down" and "Shut down" again
- shut down
- A piece of equipment or a system is shut down when it cannot be operated by the device or control which a home owner should normally use to operate it If its safety switch or circuit breaker is in the "off" position, or its fuse is missing or blown, the inspector is not required to reestablish the circuit for the purpose of operating the equipment of system
- shut down
- close all background programs and turn off computer
- shut down
- To exit Windows 95 in the proper fashion
- shut down
- The Shut Down command prepares the computer to be turned off or restarted Unless there is no other choice, a computer should never be turned off in mid stream
- shut down
- close; stop, terminate
- shut down
- to close the running programs and turn off the computer
- shut down
- If a factory or business shuts down or if someone shuts it down, work there stops or it no longer trades as a business. Smaller contractors had been forced to shut down It is required by law to shut down banks which it regards as chronically short of capital Mr Buzetta sold the newspaper's assets to its competitor and shut it down. see also shutdown
- shut down
- To quit all applications and turn off the computer
- shut down
- The process of telling Windows 98 to save all its settings and files so that you can turn off your computer You must click the shut Down option, found on the Start menu, before turning off your computer
- shut down
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P M "
- shut down
- To safely close all files, log out, and bring the workstation to a state where you can safely power it down You choose “System Shutdown” from the System toolchest menu to do this
- shut down
- When you want to switch off your PC, you should first Windows 95 This ensures that all the files are closed and the Windows sorts itself out internally before being switched off To exit Windows 95 select the Start/ShutDown menu option With some new PCs, this will also automatically switch off the PC With older PCs you need to wait until the screen tells you it's safe to switch off the PC
- shut himself away
- went into seclusion, isolated himself
- shut his mouth
- close his mouth, stop talking
- shut in
- If you shut yourself in a room, you stay in there and make sure nobody else can get in. After one particular bad result, he shut himself in the shower room for an hour see also shut-in
- shut in
- If you shut someone or something in a room, you close the door so that they cannot leave it. The door enables us to shut the birds in the shelter in bad weather
- shut in
- imprisoned; close on -; surrounded, jailed
- shut in
- surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"
- shut off
- block off the passage through isolate or separate stem the flow of
- shut off
- end, disconnect, close
- shut off
- block off the passage through
- shut off
- If an official organization shuts off the supply of something, they no longer send it to the people they supplied in the past. The State Water Project has shut off all supplies to farmers
- shut off
- If you shut off something such as an engine or an electrical item, you turn it off to stop it working. They pulled over and shut off the engine Will somebody for God's sake shut that alarm off. = switch off
- shut off
- stem the flow of
- shut off
- isolate or separate
- shut off
- If you shut yourself off, you avoid seeing other people, usually because you are feeling depressed. Billy tends to keep things to himself more and shut himself off
- shut one's eyes to
- ignored -, paid no attention to -
- shut one's heart to
- not feel emotions about -, not feel sympathy for -
- shut out
- Close out
- shut out
- A game in which one team doesnt score any runs
- shut out
- prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"
- shut out
- If you shut someone out of something, you prevent them from having anything to do with it. She is very reclusive, to the point of shutting me out of her life She had effectively shut him out by refusing to listen
- shut out
- To hold the opposition scoreless for an entire game or any specified period of time; e g , "The Bruins shut out the Rangers for the last 18 minutes of the second period "
- shut out
- If you shut out a thought or a feeling, you prevent yourself from thinking or feeling it. I shut out the memory which was too painful to dwell on The figures represent such overwhelming human misery that the mind wants to shut it out. = block out
- shut out
- If you shut something or someone out, you prevent them from getting into a place, for example by closing the doors. `I shut him out of the bedroom,' says Maureen I was set to shut out anyone else who came knocking
- shut out
- prevent from entering; distance, conceal from -
- shut the door in his face
- took away his option, prevented him from taking the opportunity offered him
- shut the door on
- prevented from knowing
- shut the fuck up
- be quiet!, don't speak!, stop talking! (Vulgar Slang)
- shut up
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"
- shut up
- refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"
- shut up
- If someone shuts up or if someone shuts them up, they stop talking. You can say `shut up' as an impolite way to tell a person to stop talking. Just shut up, will you? A sharp put-down was the only way to shut her up
- shut up
- be silent; make silent; close, lock
- shut up
- closely confined
- shut up
- cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
- shut up shop
- close a business; go on strike, stop working
- shut up!
- quiet!, shut your mouth!
- shut your mouth!
- quiet!, shut up!
- shut-eye
- {i} (Informal) sleep, slumbers, light sleep, snooze
- shut-eye
- Shut-eye is sleep. Go home and get some shut-eye. sleep
- shut-in
- A shut-in is someone who is ill for a long time, and has to stay in bed or at home. Meals on Wheels or similar programs that bring outside life to shut-ins. someone who is ill or disabled and cannot leave their house very easily
- shut-in
- someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
- shut-in
- confined usually by illness
- shut-in
- to close the valves on a well so it stops producing
- shut-in
- A well in which the valves in the production tree have been closed to cease production or injection operations on a well
- shut-in
- somewhat introverted
- shut-in
- An oil or gas well which is inactive
- shut-out
- a game in which one team is prevented by the other from getting any points
- keep one's mouth shut
- To keep a secret; to refrain from speaking indiscreetly or carelessly; broadly, to refrain from speaking altogether
Charles has failed to follow the example of his mother, the queen, who has heroically kept her mouth shut for more than 50 years.
- open and shut case
- A problem with an easy solution
The carton of milk on the floor. The cat with milk dripping from his chops. It was an open and shut case.
- open and shut cases
- plural form of open and shut case
- open-and-shut
- simple and obvious; easily decided
- put up or shut up
- desist from saying something unless one is able to prove it
- keep one's mouth shut
- stay quiet, remain silent
- keep one's trap shut
- keep one's mouth closed, be quiet, shut up
- kept his mouth shut
- remained quiet, did not talk; did not reveal (information, secret, etc.)
- made him shut up
- caused him to be quiet, shut his mouth
- open-and-shut
- so obvious as to be easily solved or decided; "an open-and-shut case
- open-and-shut
- If you describe a dispute or a legal case as open-and-shut, you mean that is easily decided or solved because the facts are very clear. It's an open and shut case. The hospital is at fault
- open-and-shut
- clear, uncomplicated, straightforward
- open-and-shut case
- a legal case or other matter that is easy to prove or decide because the facts are very clear
- open-and-shut case
- clear case, uncomplicated case
- swing shut
- close automatically (of a door, window, etc.)
- the door was shut in his face
- they closed the option that was open to him, he was prevented the opportunity