shutting

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.

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