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close

UK /kləʊs/US /kloʊs/

adjective31

  1. near, not far away in distance or in time
  2. Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to.
  3. Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
  4. Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
  5. Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
  6. Almost resulting in disaster.
  7. Nearing orgasm.
  8. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
  9. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
  10. Accurate; precise.
  11. Rigorous, careful, etc.
  12. Attentive; undeviating; strict.
  13. Carefully done, detailed.
  14. Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
  15. Tightly restricted in availability.
  16. Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
  17. Compressed, restricted, constrained, etc.
  18. Physically narrow or confined.
  19. Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
  20. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
  21. (UK, Ireland) Hot, humid, with no wind.
  22. Short.
  23. Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
  24. (old-fashioned) Parsimonious; stingy.
  25. (old-fashioned) Difficult to obtain.
  26. Marked, evident.
  27. With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
  28. (no longer used) Dense; solid; compact.
  29. (no longer used) Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
  30. (no longer used) Closed, shut.
  31. (no longer used) Concise; to the point.

noun6

  1. (UK) A street that ends in a dead end.
  2. (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
  3. (historical) Private fenced land, such as a paddock, orchard or yard, that, along with the common pasture land and woodland, constituted the inarable component of the open-field system of the medieval manor in England.
  4. (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
  5. The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed.
  6. (no longer used) An enclosed field, especially a field enclosed around a (usually religious) building (e.g. a cathedral close).

adverb4

  1. So as to leave or create little distance or space between objects.
  2. In combination (sometimes potentially ambiguous between adverb and adjective).
  3. In a close manner (limited contexts; more often closely).
  4. Carefully, in detail.
close
UK /ˈkləʊz/US /ˈkloʊ̯z/

verb25

  1. To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
  2. To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
  3. To obstruct or block.
  4. To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
  5. To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
  6. (figurative) To make or become unreceptive.
  7. To make or become non-operational or unavailable for use.
  8. To put out of use or operation.
  9. To cease operation or cease to be available.
  10. To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
  11. To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
  12. (Philippines) To turn off; to switch off.
  13. To finish.
  14. To end or conclude.
  15. To finish; to come to an end.
  16. To conclude (a sale).
  17. To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
  18. To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
  19. To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
  20. To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
  21. To become denser or more crowded with objects.
  22. (figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
  23. To grapple; to engage in close combat.
  24. To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
  25. To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.

noun7

  1. An end or conclusion.
  2. The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
  3. The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
  4. The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
  5. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
  6. A grapple in wrestling.
  7. A double bar marking the end.
forms

clos'd · closed · closedst · yclosed · closing · closes · closeth · closest · closer · closest

Phrases with close

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