Definitions for the word, shut

(a.) Closed or fastened; as, a shut door.

(a.) Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are.

(a.) Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g.

(a.) Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person.

(imp. & p. p.) of Shut

(n.) A door or cover; a shutter.

(n.) The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.

(n.) The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.

(v. i.) To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.

(v. t.) To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.

(v. t.) To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book.

(v. t.) To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade.

(v. t.) To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.


9 words found in the Scrabble word, shut



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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