v
(rare, transitive) To bay around or about; embay; hem in; surround.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To encompass; enclose; contain; comprehend.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To overlay; adorn.
v
(Britain, colloquial, derogatory, usually in imperative) To stop talking or chattering; shut up.
v
To bend one's upper body forward and down while standing or kneeling.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To shut in or inclose; shut up or confine.
v
(intransitive, colloquial) To set to work.
n
Alternative form of clampdown [A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control]
v
(figuratively) To maintain silence and secrecy in the face of some external threat.
n
(idiomatic) A situation or period in which some activity is forbidden or discontinued.
v
Alternative form of shut the door on [(idiomatic, transitive) To refuse to consider, remember, accept, or engage in.]
adv
Alternative form of close to the vest [in a reserved or secretive manner.]
v
(colloquial) To stop what one is doing, especially in the context of a business.
v
(figuratively) To conceal how one arrived at a certain result or position.
v
(obsolete) To shut up or confine.
v
(now literary) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
v
(transitive) To restrain or impede; to hamper.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To cover; protect.
v
To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
v
To put on (an item of clothing).
v
To be powerless to act, to be thwarted.
v
(transitive) To stash or store something in a secret location.
v
(law, slang) To withhold evidence in a trial that may hurt one's case.
v
(idiomatic) To take shelter; to prepare oneself for some eventuality; to focus on a task.
v
To shut up or enclose, as in a pen.
v
(transitive) To cause to kneel.
v
(transitive, dated) To perm (the hair).
v
To restrict, curtail, curb.
v
To restrict, curtail, curb; to slow down or reduce.
v
To get under control, to prevent (something) from increasing or becoming more of a problem.
v
(of a business, figuratively) To close, either at the end of the day or permanently.
v
(transitive) To conceal.
v
Pronunciation spelling of shut up. [(transitive) To close (a building) so that no one can enter.]
v
Pronunciation spelling of shut. [(transitive) To close, to stop from being open.]
v
Pronunciation spelling of shut up. [(transitive) To close (a building) so that no one can enter.]
v
Pronunciation spelling of shut up. [(transitive) To close (a building) so that no one can enter.]
v
(intransitive) To close, to stop being open.
v
(ergative) To turn off or stop.
v
(intransitive, dated) To settle down, or fall; to arrive; (said of evening, etc.)
v
(transitive) To close (a building) so that no one can enter.
v
(intransitive, Britain, colloquial) To close up shop; to end a business activity.
adj
Alternative spelling of shut up [Closed up or off, as in a building that no one is to enter.]
v
(nonstandard, always imperative) Alternative spelling of shut up [(transitive) To close (a building) so that no one can enter.]
v
Alternative form of shut the door on [(idiomatic, transitive) To refuse to consider, remember, accept, or engage in.]
v
Alternative form of wrap around one's little finger [(transitive, idiomatic) To successfully control or exert influence over, especially for a sustained period of time.]
adv
(informal, figuratively) Hampered by factors outside one’s control.
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