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- English Word Shut Definition Closed or fastened; as, a shut door.
- English Word Shut Definition Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person.
- English Word Shut Definition Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g.
- English Word Shut Definition Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are.
- English Word Shut Definition The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.
- English Word Shut Definition A door or cover; a shutter.
- English Word Shut Definition The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.
- English Word Shute Definition Same as Chute, or Shoot.
- English Word Shutter Definition One who shuts or closes.
- English Word Shutter Definition A movable cover or screen for a window, designed to shut out the light, to obstruct the view, or to be of some strength as a defense; a blind.
- English Word Shutter Definition A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, as for closing the passageway for molten iron from a ladle.
- English Word Shuttered Definition Furnished with shutters.
- English Word Shutting Definition of Shut
- English Word Shuttle Definition An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.
- English Word Shuttle Definition The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.
- English Word Shuttle Definition A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.
- English Word Shuttle Definition To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.
- English Word Shuttlecock Definition A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.
- English Word Shuttlecock Definition To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words.
- English Word Shuttlecork Definition See Shuttlecock.