Close
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Closed, shut. At a little distance; near. Intimate; well-loved. hot, humid, with no wind.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To obstruct (an opening). To move so that an opening is closed. To put an end to. To make (e.g. a gap) smaller. To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon. To make a sale. To make the final outs, usually three, of a game. To terminate a computer program or a window or file thereof.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An end of something. An enclosed field. A street that ends in a dead end. A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor. A cathedral close.
Example sentence: False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.
Private
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The lowest rank of the army.A soldier of the rank of private.(in plural privates) A euphemistic term for the genitals.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group.Not in governmental office or employment.Not publicly known; not open; secret.Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded.Intended only for the use of an individual, group, or organization.Not accessible by the public.Secretive; reserved.Not shared with another patient.
Example sentence: The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy.