shut up

shut

 (shŭt)

v. shut, shut·ting, shuts

v.tr.

1.

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

b. To fasten with a lock, catch, or latch: shut the cabinet.

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

3. To confine in a closed space: shut them in a cage.

4. To exclude from a closed space: shut the cats out of the house.

5. To fold up or bring together the parts of: shut the book.

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.]

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shut up

vb (adverb)

1. (tr) to prevent all access to

2. (tr) to confine or imprison

3. informal to cease to talk or make a noise or cause to cease to talk or make a noise: often used in commands

4. (Horse Racing) (intr) (of horses in a race) to cease through exhaustion from maintaining a racing pace

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	shut up - refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached" be quiet, belt up, button up, clam up, keep mum, dummy up, close up
	2.	shut up - place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe" lock away, put away, shut away, lock in, lock up, lock confine - prevent from leaving or from being removed
	3.	shut up - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!" silence, still, hush, hush up, quieten shush - silence (someone) by uttering `shush!' conquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, subdue, curb - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" lull, calm down - become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment" shout down - silence or overwhelm by shouting pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten, hush - become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered" gag, muzzle - prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged"
Adj.	1.	shut up - closely confined pent confined - not free to move about

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shut

verb

To move (a door, for example) in order to cover an opening:

close.

phrasal verb
shut in

To confine within a limited area:

cage, coop (in or up), enclose, fence (in), immure, mew (up), pen, shut up, wall (in or up).

phrasal verb
shut off or out

To cut off from sight:

block (out), conceal, hide, obscure, obstruct, screen, shroud.

phrasal verb
shut out

1. To exclude from normal social or professional activities:

blackball, blacklist, boycott, ostracize.

2. To keep from being admitted, included, or considered:

bar, count out, debar, eliminate, except, exclude, keep out, rule out.

3. To rid one's mind of:

banish, cast out, dismiss, dispel.

phrasal verb
shut up

1. To confine within a limited area:

cage, coop (in or up), enclose, fence (in), immure, mew (up), pen, shut in, wall (in or up).

2. To enclose so as to hinder or prohibit escape:

closet, confine, imprison.

3. To cause to become silent:

hush, quiet, quieten, shush, silence, still.

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Translations

صهيَتَوَقَّف عن الكَلام، يُقْفِل فَمَهيَسْكُتُيُقْفِل

mlčetzavřítzmlknout

få til at tie stillehold mundholde mundlukke

den Mund haltenden Schnabel haltenFresseschließen

σωπαίνω

encerrarhacer callarcallar la bocacallarsecállate

lukitaolla hiljaasulkeateljetävangita

se tairetaireserrerta gueulefermer

zašutjeti

loka og læsaòagna; òagga niîur í e-m; haltu kjafti!

chiuderechiudere la boccatacere

うるさいお静かにお黙りたたむだまれ

입 다물다

zwijgen

holde kjeftstengeti stille

zamknąć się

calarcalar a bocacalar-se

заткнутьсязапереть

hålla käften

หุบปาก

susmakçenesini kapatmakkapatmakkonuşmamak

câm mồm

住口关店关门安静闭嘴

w>shut up

vt sep

house → verschließen ? shop

(= imprison) → einsperren; you can’t spend your whole life shut up in libraries → Sie können sich doch nicht Ihr ganzes Leben lang in Bibliotheken vergraben

(inf: = silence) → zum Schweigen bringen; that’ll soon shut him up → das wird ihm schon den Mund stopfen (inf); every time I try to say something she always tries to shut me up → jedes Mal, wenn ich etwas sagen will, fährt sie mir über den Mund

vi (inf) → den Mund or die Klappe halten (inf); shut up! → halt die Klappe! (inf); (= you can’t be serious) → das meinst du nicht im Ernst!

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shut

(ʃat) – present participle ˈshutting: past tense, past participle shut – verb

1. to move (a door, window, lid etc) so that it covers or fills an opening; to move (a drawer, book etc) so that it is no longer open. Shut that door, please!; Shut your eyes and don't look. sluit يُقْفِل، يُغْلِق затварям fechar zavřít schließen lukke κλείνω κτ. cerrar kinni panema بستن sulkea fermer לִסגוֹר बन्‍द करना zatvoriti, zaklopiti becsuk menutup loka chiudere 閉める 닫다 uždaryti, užverti aizvērt tutup dichtdoenlukke, stengezamykać ليرې كول، يورې خواته كول، په څنګ كول: ډډه كول: تېرايستل، تېرول (په پلمه fechar a închide закрывать zavrieť zapreti zatvoriti stänga ปิด kapatmak 關上 закривати; зачиняти دروازہ یا کھڑکی وغیرہ بند کرنا đóng 关上，闭上

2. to become closed. The window shut with a bang. sluit, toemaak يَنْقَفِل затварям (се) fechar-se zavřít se sich schließen lukke κλείνωcerrarse sulguma تعطيل شدن sulkeutua se fermer לְהִיסַגֵר बन्द हो जाना zatvoriti se, zaklopiti se (be)csukódik tertutup lokast, skella aftur chiudersi 閉まる 닫히다 užsidaryti aizvērties tertutup dichtgaanlukkes, lukke seg zamykać się تېرول fechar-se a se închide закрываться zavrieť sa zapreti se zatvoriti se stängas, slå (gå) igen ทำให้ปิด kapanmak 被關上 закриватися; зачинятися بند ہونا gập, gấp lại 关上

3. to close and usually lock (a building etc) eg at the end of the day or when people no longer work there. The shops all shut at half past five; There's a rumour that the factory is going to be shut. sluit يُقْفِل заключвам (се) fechar zavírat, zavřít schließen lukke κλείνωcerrar sulgema تعطيل كردن sulkea fermer לִנעוֹל बन्द हो जाना zatvoriti (dućan, tvornicu) bezár tutup loka chiudere 閉める 문을 닫다 už(si)daryti []slēgt tutup sluitenstenge, lukkezamykać تېرايستل fechar a încuia закрывать zatvárať, zavrieť zapreti zatvoriti stänga ปิด kapanmak 關閉 зачинятися, закінчувати роботу عمارت کو کام کے گھنٹوں کے بعد بند کرنا đóng cửa 关闭

4. to keep in or out of some place or keep away from someone by shutting something. The dog was shut inside the house. sluit, insluit, uitsluit يُقْفَل عَلَيْه приклещвам fechar zavřít einsperren lukke inde κλείνω κπ. ή κτ. μέσα encerrar (millessegi) sulgema, kinni panema محبوس شدن sulkea enfermer, mettre dehors לְהִסתַגֵר बन्द करना zatvoriti nekoga u nešto bezár mengurung loka inni/úti chiudere 閉じこめる 가두다 uždaryti ieslēgt mengurung sluiten stenge inne/ute zamykać يورې خواته كول fechar a încuia, a ţine departe de запирать zavrieť zapreti zatvoriti stänga inne/ute เก็บ kapanıp kalmak, kapatıp bırakmamak 禁閉 замикати کسی کو گھر کے باہر یا اندر بند کر دینا nhốt 禁闭

adjective

closed. gesluit مُغْلَق، مُقْفَل، موصَد затворен fechado zavřený geschlossen lukket κλειστόςcerrado suletud, kinni تعطيل suljettu ferméסגור बन्द zatvoren, zaklopljen zárva van tertutup lokaður chiuso 閉まった 닫혀진, 폐쇄된 uždarytas aizvērts; []slēgts tertutup dichtstengt, lukketzamknięty تېرول fechado închis закрытый, запертый zavretý zaprt zatvoren stängd ซึ่งถูกปิด kapalı 關閉的 закритий, зачинений بند khép kín 关闭的

shut down (of a factory etc) to close or be closed, for a time or permanently: There is a rumour going round that the factory is going to (be) shut down (noun ˈshut-down)

sluit يُغْلَق، يُقْفَل прекратявам работа encerrar zavřít stillegen lukke κλείνω, παύω να λειτουργώ, οριστικό κλείσιμο, λουκέτοcerrar, apagar, clausurar tegevust lõpetama, sulgema تعطيل شئن sulkea fermer; fermetureסגירה बन्द करना, गिराना, गिरा देना obustaviti rad bezár menutup hætta starfsemi chiudere; chiusura 休業する 휴업, 조업 정지 už(si)daryti slēgt (uzņēmumu); likvidēt penutupan stopzettenlukkezamykać, zostać zamkniętym تړل كيدل encerrar a închide закрывать zavrieť zapreti zatvoriti slå igen, lägga ner ปิดกิจการ kapanmak 停業 закривати; припиняти роботу ہمیشہ کے لئے بند ہو جانا đóng cửa 关闭，倒闭

shut off

1. to stop an engine working, a liquid flowing etc. I'll need to shut the gas off before I repair the fire. afsluit يوقِف спирам (машина) fechar uzavřít abstellen slukke for κλείνω, διακόπτω τη λειτουργία ή την παροχή cortar, cerrar seiskama, tõkestama خاموش كردن ؛ قطع كردن sulkea fermer, couper לְנָתֵק बन्द करना isključiti, prekinuti dovod elzár menyetop, mematikan mesin loka/skrúfa fyrir chiudere, togliere 止める 정지하다 atjungti, išjungti izslēgt; nogriezt memberhentikan afsluitenslå av, stoppe odłączać, wyłączać خاموش کول fechar a închide, a întrerupe отключить uzavrieť zapreti zaustaviti stänga (slå) av ปิด kapatmak 關掉 закривати; вимикати کسی روانی یا کارروائی کی بندش، موقوفی khóa, tắt, ngắt 关掉

2. to keep away (from); to make separate (from). He shut himself off from the rest of the world. afskei يَبْتَعِد، يَنْفَصِل عَن изолирам (се) isolar(-se) uzavřít se abschließen lukke sig ude απομονώνω, κρατώ μακριά από κπ. ή κτ. aislar eralduma, eraldama جدا نگه داشتن erakoitua se couper de לְהִיסָגֵר दूर रहना isključiti se, izolirati se elzár mengurung einangra sig frá tagliare fuori, isolare 切り離す 고립시키다 atsiskirti noslēgties mengasingkan diri afzonderenstenge avizolować ځلا ساتل isolar a se rupe (de) отгораживаться zavrieť sa izključiti (se) odvojiti stänga ute, skärma av sig แยก uzak tutmak, soyutlamak 隔絕，隔離 ізолювати(ся) محدود کرنا، الگ ہونا ngăn cách ra, tách ra khỏi 隔绝

shut up

1. to (cause to) stop speaking. Tell them to shut up!; That'll shut him up! ophou praat يَتَوَقَّف عن الكَلام، يُقْفِل فَمَه млъквам calar-se (u)mlčet den Mund halten/stopfen hold mund; få til at tie stille σωπαίνω, το βουλώνω, βουλώνω το στόμα κπ. callarse, hacer callar vait jääma, suu kinni! ساكت شدن sulkea suu taire לְהַשתִיק चुप करना začepiti (usta), zavezati elhallgat (menyuruh) berhenti bicara þagna; þagga niður í e-m; haltu kjafti! tacere, far tacere 黙る 입다물다 už(si)čiaupti apklust; apklusināt diam zwijgen holde kjeft/munn zamykać się ساکت شول calar-se a face să tacă замолчать (u)mlčať utihniti; utišati začepiti [få att] hålla tyst หยุดพูด konuşmamak, susmak, çenesini kapatmak (使某人)住嘴 замовкнути خاموش ہونا یا کرنا câm, im mồm 安静，住口

2. to close and lock. It's time to shut up the shop. sluit يُقْفِل заключвам fechar zavřít schließen lukke κλειδώνωcerrar sulgema تعطيل كردن sulkea fermer לִנעוֹל ताला लगाना zakračunati, čvrsto zatvoriti bezár menutup loka og læsa chiudere 閉ざす 문을 닫다 uždaryti aizslēgt menutup sluitenstenge pozamykać معتل کول fechar a încuia запирать zavrieť zapreti zatvoriti stänga till (igen) ปิดสนิท kapatmak 打烊 закривати دکان یا مکان کو بند کرنا đóng cửa 关店（门）

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shut up

→ يَسْكُتُ zmlknout holde mund den Mund halten σωπαίνω callarse olla hiljaa se taire zašutjeti tacere 黙る 입 다물다 zwijgen ti stille zamknąć się calar a boca, calar-se заткнуться hålla käften หุบปาก susmak câm mồm 闭嘴

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