"shut" meaning in English

See shut in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʃʌt/ Audio: en-us-shut.ogg [US] Forms: shut [canonical], shuts [third-person, singular], shut [past], shut [past, participle], shutting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb2|shut|shuts|shut|shut|shutting}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When someone moves a door so that people can't go through it, the person is shutting the door. When someone puts their lips together so that no air or food can go in or out of their mouth, the person is shutting their mouth.
    Sense id: simple-shut-en-verb-qI70R-Yt
     
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          "text": "The wind was too cold, so I shut the window."
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