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shutten

shutten is the past participle of shut.

Meaning of shut

Verb

shut (third-person singular simple present shuts, present participle shutting, simple past shut, past participle shut or (obsolete, dialectal) shutten)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
    • Please shut the door.
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To make or become unreceptive.
    • He has shut his mind to new ideas.
  3. (UK, intransitive, transitive) To close (a business or venue) temporarily or permanently.
    • They generally shut the museum each day at 6 pm.
  4. (intransitive, transitive) To put out of use or operation.
    • We are shutting the phone lines at 9 pm.
  5. (intransitive, transitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
    • Phone lines will shut in ten minutes.
  6. (ergative, intransitive, transitive, more usually 'close') To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
    • Shut the file when you have finished reading data.

See all 22 meanings of shut

Origin of shutten

Morphologically shut + -en.

Questions about shutten

What is shutten the past participle of?
Shutten is the past participle of shut.

Words near shutten in the dictionary

  1. shuttable
  2. shuttance
  3. shuttances
  4. shutted
  5. shuttedst
  6. shutten
  7. shutter
  8. shutter chance
  9. shutter chances
  10. shutter dam
  11. shutter dams

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