shut

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To close something, or to become closed.

   Please shut the door.

2. 2
   adj

   Not open; closed.

   The door slammed shut in the wind.

3. 3
   verb

   To keep someone or something inside an enclosed space.

   I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out.

Multiword verbs with shut

• shut off Phrasal verb A2

  to stop the flow or supply of something

• shut up Phrasal verb A2

  to stop talking, often expressed rudely when directed at someone

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Simplified etymology

Shut comes from Old English scyttan, “to put a bolt in position to hold fast.” It is West Germanic in origin and is related to Dutch schutten, “to shut up or obstruct,” and to English shoot.

From Middle English schitten, schetten, from Old English scyttan (“to cause rapid movement, shoot a bolt, shut, bolt”), from Proto-Germanic *skutjaną, *skuttijaną (“to bar, bolt”), from Proto-Germanic *skuttą, *skuttjō (“bar, bolt, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to drive, fall upon, rush”). The Modern English word was originally a dialect form; the Old English word would have normally merged with shit. Cognate with Dutch schutten (“to shut in, lock up”), Low German schütten (“to shut, lock in”), German schützen (“to shut out, dam, protect, guard”).

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