"shut-in" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Deverbal from shut in. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|shut in}} Deverbal from shut in Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} shut-in (not comparable)
  1. Confined to a location, as by infirmity or illness. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-shut-in-en-adj-2Ikx~6Gz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Noun

Forms: shut-ins [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from shut in. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|shut in}} Deverbal from shut in Head templates: {{en-noun}} shut-in (plural shut-ins)
  1. A person confined to a location, as by illness or infirmity.
    Sense id: en-shut-in-en-noun-pN9b6cdK
  2. A narrow river gorge confined by resistant rock layers; a type of rock formation in which a stream is confined to a narrow bed of resistant stone.
    Sense id: en-shut-in-en-noun-Xkpu-Zei Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Landforms Disambiguation of English deverbals: 21 21 58 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 15 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 7 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 6 88 Disambiguation of Landforms: 4 5 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: housebound, shutup [geology, geography, natural-sciences]
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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