•of Shut•To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.•To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade.•To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.•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.•To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.•Closed or fastened; as, a shut door.•Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person.•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.•Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are.•The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.•A door or cover; a shutter.•The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.

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