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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)

shut

/ʃʌt/

verb1 of 2

to close something

  • “All you have to do is keep your mouth shut.”Tatoeba
  • “Whoever shuts up when he notices he's wrong is wise.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

adjective2 of 2

Narrow; confined.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

shut: meaning, pronunciation and examples · Toofey