shut
/ʃʌt/ verb [I, T] (present participle shutting, past tense and past participle shut)Translation
CLOSE › to close something, or to become closed
örtmek, kapamak, örtülmek, kapatılmak
Shut the door. He lay back and shut his eyes. The lid shut with a bang.1651STOP SERVING UK ( UK/US close) › When a shop, restaurant, etc shuts, it stops serving customers and does not allow people to enter.
shut sb/sth away phrasal verb kapamak, kapanmak
The museum shuts at 4 o'clock on a Friday. Several schools were shut because of the bad weather.1555 › to put someone or something in a place from which they cannot leave or be taken away
shut (sth) down phrasal verb bir yere kapatmak, hapsetmek, saklamak, muhafaza altına almak
699 › If a business or a large piece of equipment shuts down or someone shuts it down, it stops operating.
shut sb/sth in (sth) phrasal verb kapatmak, kapanmak
Many factories have been forced to shut down. We shut the whole computer system down for 24 hours.15552503 › to prevent someone or something from leaving a place by shutting a door or gate
shut sth off phrasal verb kilit altında tutmak, kapatmak, gitmesine/çıkmasına engel olmak
We normally shut the dog in the kitchen when we go out.1651 › to stop a machine working, or to stop the supply of something
shut sth/sb out phrasal verb (makina) kapatmak, durdurmak
Shut the engine off. Oil supplies have been shut off.2503 › to stop someone or something from entering a place or from being included in something
shut (sb) up phrasal verb informal girmesine engel olmak, dışarıda tutmak; hariç tutmak, dahil etmemek
The curtains shut out most of the light from the street.1966 › to stop talking or making a noise, or to make someone do this
shut sb/sth up phrasal verb sus(tur)mak, konuş(tur)mamak
Just shut up and get on with your work!1142 › to keep a person or animal somewhere and prevent them from leaving
birini/bir hayvanı bir yere kapatmak/kilitlemek/hapsetmek
You can't keep it shut up in a cage all day.699(Definition of shut verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
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