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Etymology

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”).

derived from *(s)kewd-✻
derived from *skuttą✻
inherited from *skutjaną✻
inherited from scyttan
inherited from schitten

Definitions

1
To close, in various senses.
- Please shut the door.
- The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes.
- They shut the road for the festival.
2
To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.
- He's just gone and shut his finger in the door!
3
To confine in an enclosed area
To confine in an enclosed area; to enclose.
- I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out.
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1. 4
  To isolate, to close off from the world.
  - Now, sometimes in my sorrow shut, ⁠Or breaking into song by fits; ⁠Alone, alone, to where he sits, The Shadow cloak’d from head to foot Who keeps the keys of all the creeds, ⁠I wander, often falling lame, […]
2. 5
  To preclude, exclude.
  - shut from every shore
3. simple past and past participle of shut
4. 7
  Closed, not open, in any of various senses.
  - A shut door barred our way into the house.
  - The door banged shut with a breeze.
  - Pleas keep your mouth shut while you are eating.
5. Synonym of close.
6. 9
  Archaic form of shot (“discharged, cleared, rid of something”).
  - When he asked her, she said, she thanked God he was dead, (the woman was glad to get shut of him) and said he died of an ague and fever.
7. 10
  The act or time of shutting
  The act or time of shutting; close.
  - the shut of a door
  - Just then returnd at ſhut of Evening Flours.
8. A door or cover
  A door or cover; a shutter.
9. The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.
10. A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.

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Derived

shut away, shut down, shut in, shut of, shut off, shut out, shut up, beshut, forshut, outshut, reshut, shutdown, shut-down, shut-eye, shut-in, shutout, shut-out, shuttabl, shutter, shuttle, upshut, cut-and-shut, open-and-shut, shut it, shut my mouth, shut one's eyes, shut one's eyes and think of England, shut one's eyes to, shut one's face, shut one's gob, shut one's head, shut one's mouth, shut one's trap, shut the box, shut the door, shut the door on, shut the fridge, shut the front door, shut the stable door after the horse has bolted, shut up shop · +15 more

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A definitional loop anchored at shut. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at shut. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at shut

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