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Noun [English]

Forms: shut outs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shut out (plural shut outs)
  1. Nonstandard spelling of shutout. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: shutout
    Sense id: en-shut_out-en-noun-C0~mW11e

Verb [English]

Forms: shuts out [present, singular, third-person], shutting out [participle, present], shut out [participle, past], shut out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,shut>}} shut out (third-person singular simple present shuts out, present participle shutting out, simple past and past participle shut out)
  1. (transitive) To prevent from entering; to block or exclude. Tags: transitive Translations (to prevent from entering): exclūdō (Latin)
    Sense id: en-shut_out-en-verb-tHNN77BU Disambiguation of 'to prevent from entering': 67 7 1 25
  2. (transitive) To hide from sight. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-shut_out-en-verb-L9MgRHWW
  3. (transitive) To refuse to be open and vulnerable toward. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-shut_out-en-verb--~yeX86J
  4. (sports) To prevent from scoring; to perform a shutout. Translations (to prevent from scoring): 零封 (língfēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 完封 (wánfēng) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-shut_out-en-verb-Ds-i06jK Categories (other): Sports, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 16 11 14 45 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 14 17 13 13 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 25 13 16 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 22 13 15 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 18 8 10 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 10 15 11 13 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 12 18 14 15 42 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'to prevent from scoring': 23 6 1 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: hinder, prohibit Hyponyms: barricade Derived forms: shutout [noun] Related terms: kick out

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "drive away"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shut out",
      "word": "exclude"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shut out",
      "word": "fend off"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shut out",
      "word": "forbar"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shut out",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "foreclose"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shut out",
      "word": "repel"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shut out",
      "word": "shut"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shut out",
      "word": "shut out"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shut out",
      "word": "turn away"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shut out",
      "word": "ward off"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "to prevent from entering",
      "word": "exclūdō"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "língfēng",
      "sense": "to prevent from scoring",
      "word": "零封"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "wánfēng",
      "sense": "to prevent from scoring",
      "word": "完封"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shut out"
}

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