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.
Shut
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To close, to stop from being open.To close, to stop being open.To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.
Example sentence: Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.