close
- sense 1: 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."
- close fold shut_down close_down
- sense 2: complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement; "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building"
- close
- sense 3: move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window"
- close shut
- sense 4: bar access to; "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours"
- close
- barricade block blockade block_off block_up bar
- obstruct obturate impede occlude jam block close_up
- sense 5: finish or terminate; of meetings, speeches, etc. "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board"
- close
- sense 6: draw near; "The probe closed with the space station"
- close
- approach near come_on go_up draw_near draw_close come_near
- sense 7: come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin"
- close
- end stop finish terminate cease
- sense 8: become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang"
- close shut
- sense 9: come together, as if in an embrace; "Her arms closed around her long lost relative"
- close come_together
- sense 10: unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"
- close
- sense 11: bring together all the elements or parts of; "Management closed ranks"
- close
- sense 12: engage at close quarters; "close with the enemy"
- close
- sense 13: cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- close
- sense 14: fill or stop up; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?"
- close fill fill_up