shut off

shut  (sht)

v. shut, shut·ting, shuts

v.tr.

1. To move (a door or lid, for example) so as to block passage through an opening.

2. To block entrance to or exit from; close: shut a corridor.

3. To fasten with a lock, catch, or latch.

4. To confine in or as if in a closed space: shut them in a cage.

5. To exclude from or as if from a closed space: shut the cats out of the house.

6. To cause to stop operating: shut down a restaurant; a school that was shut for the vacation.

v.intr.

1. To move or become moved so as to block passage; close: a door that shuts by itself.

2. To stop operating, especially automatically: The electricity shuts off at midnight.

n.

1. The act or time of shutting.

2. The line of connection between welded pieces of metal.

Phrasal Verbs:

shut off

1. To stop the flow or passage of; cut off: shut off the hot water by closing a valve.

2. To close off; isolate: loners who shut themselves off from the community.

shut out Sports

To prevent (an opponent) from scoring any runs or points.

shut up

1. To cause (someone) to stop speaking; silence.

2. To stop speaking.

Idiom:

shut (one's) eyes to

To refuse to consider or acknowledge: administrators who shut their eyes to pervasive corruption.

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[Middle English shutten, from Old English scyttan; see skeud- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	shut off - stem the flow of; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation" close off cease, discontinue, lay off, quit, stop, give up - put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
	2.	shut off - isolate or separate; "She was shut off from the friends" close off divide, separate - make a division or separation curtain off - separate by means of a curtain
	3.	shut off - block off the passage through; "We shut off the valve" block off, close off barricade, block, block up, blockade, block off, bar, stop - render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"

Translations

? shut off

vt sep

gas, water, electricity → abstellen; light, engine → ab- or ausschalten; street → (ab)sperren; the kettle shuts itself off → der Wasserkessel schaltet von selbst ab

(= isolate) → (ab)trennen; I feel very shut off on this island → ich fühle mich auf dieser Insel sehr abgeschlossen; I feel shut off from my friends/civilization → ich komme mir von meinen Freunden/der Zivilisation abgeschnitten vor; to shut oneself off (from something) → sich abkapseln (von etw)

vi → abschalten; the heater shuts off automatically → das Heizgerät schaltet (sich) automatisch ab