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shutting

/ˈʃʌtɪŋ/

shutting down

shutting off

shutting up

shuttingnoun

Translations

закрытие

The shutting of the factory led to many job losses.

Закрытие завода привело к потере многих рабочих мест.

Definitions

The act of closing something, such as a door or window.

The shutting of the door echoed through the empty hallway.

Synonyms

shuttinggerund / present participle

/ˈʃʌtɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe something that is currently closing.

Definitions

In the process of closing or coming to a close.

He squeezed through the shutting elevator doors.

Synonyms

shutting down

closing up

terminating

shutverb

shutting

Gerund

shut

Past Simple

shut

Past Participle

shutting

Gerund

/ʃʌt/

Translations

затворить

She shut her eyes tightly.

Она крепко затворила глаза.

закрыть

Please shut the door.

Пожалуйста, закрой дверь.

запереть

He shut the gate behind him.

Он запер за собой ворота.

Additional translations

зачинить

Definitions

To close something, such as a door or window, so that it is no longer open.

Please shut the door on your way out.

To stop operating or functioning, often used in the context of machines or systems.

The factory will shut down for maintenance next week.

To prevent access to a place or to stop an activity from continuing.

The police shut the road to investigate the accident.

Synonyms

Antonyms

shutnoun

Definitions

The act of closing something, especially a door or window.

With a gentle shut, she closed the door behind her.

shutadjective

Definitions

Closed or fastened so as not to be open.

The shut door kept the noise out of the room.

Not operating or not available for use.

The shop was shut for the holiday.

shutadverb

Definitions

Into or in a position that is closed or fastened.

She snapped the case shut before anyone could look inside.