Definitions for closed



Overview of verb close

The verb close has 17 senses? (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (32) close, shut

(move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window")

2. (20) close, shut

(become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang")

3. (18) close up, close, fold, shut down, close down

(cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop")

4. (13) close

(finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.); "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board")

5. (2) conclude, close

(come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin")

6. (1) close

(complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement; "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building")

7. close

(be priced or listed when trading stops; "The stock market closed high this Friday"; "My new stocks closed at $59 last night")

8. close

(engage at close quarters; "close with the enemy")

9. close

(cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop)

10. close

(change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact)

11. close, come together

(come together, as if in an embrace; "Her arms closed around her long lost relative")

12. close

(draw near; "The probe closed with the space station")

13. close

(bring together all the elements or parts of; "Management closed ranks")

14. close

(bar access to; "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours")

15. close, fill up

(fill or stop up; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?")

16. close up, close

(unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella")

17. close

(finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning")


Overview of adj closed

The adj closed has 9 senses? (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (8) closed

(not open or affording passage or access; "the many closed streets made travel difficult"; "our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains")

2. (6) closed

((set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints)

3. (6) shut, unopen, closed

(not open; "the door slammed shut")

4. (3) closed, shut

(used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight")

5. (1) closed

(requiring union membership; "a closed shop")

6. closed

(with shutters closed)

7. closed

(not open to the general public; "a closed meeting")

8. closed, unsympathetic

(not having an open mind; "a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas")

9. closed, closed in

(blocked against entry; "a closed porch")

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