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The Meaning of close

  • (n.) To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.
  • (n.) To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up.
  • (n.) To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction.
  • (n.) To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine.
  • (v. i.) To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound, or parts separated.
  • (v. i.) To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock.
  • (v. i.) To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight.
  • (n.) The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
  • (n.) Conclusion; cessation; ending; end.
  • (n.) A grapple in wrestling.
  • (n.) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
  • (n.) A double bar marking the end.
  • (v. t.) An inclosed place; especially, a small field or piece of land surrounded by a wall, hedge, or fence of any kind; -- specifically, the precinct of a cathedral or abbey.
  • (v. t.) A narrow passage leading from a street to a court, and the houses within.
  • (v. t.) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not inclosed.
  • (v. t.) Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box.
  • (v. t.) Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters.
  • (v. t.) Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc.
  • (v. t.) Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close prisoner.
  • (v. t.) Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
  • (v. t.) Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent.
  • (v. t.) Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to liquids.
  • (v. t.) Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning.
  • (v. t.) Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; -- often followed by to.
  • (v. t.) Short; as, to cut grass or hair close.
  • (v. t.) Intimate; familiar; confidential.
  • (v. t.) Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote.
  • (v. t.) Difficult to obtain; as, money is close.
  • (v. t.) Parsimonious; stingy.
  • (v. t.) Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact; strict; as, a close translation.
  • (v. t.) Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict; not wandering; as, a close observer.
  • (v. t.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open.
  • (adv.) In a close manner.
  • (adv.) Secretly; darkly.

Synonyms

cobbler's last , termination , shoemaker's last , refinement , coating , closing , last , polish , coda , finish , culture , ending , end , cultivation , ratiocination , finishing , finis , finale , stopping point , closing curtain , goal , final stage , death , destination , decision , conclusion , determination , shutting , culmination , terminal , mop up , remainder , completion , remnant , destruction , shutdown , oddment , closedown , closure , windup , skinny , tightlipped , cheeseparing , snug , penny-pinching , stuffy , faithful , airless , nigh , close-fitting , tight , confining , closemouthed , near , unaired , secretive , closelipped , near(a) , good , approximate , nigh(a) , dear , pissed , blind drunk , besotted , rigorous , slopped , soused , mingy , blotto , squiffy , pixilated , cockeyed , crocked , fuddled , stiff , mean , compressed , sozzled , taut , nasty , plastered , miserly , sloshed , stringent , pie-eyed , smashed , soaked , wet , loaded , limiting , restricting , constraining , constrictive , stodgy , cozy , cosy , scraggy , boney , weedy , tight-fitting , tightfitting , underweight , tightly fitting , tight fitting , scrawny , exclude , shut down , come together , fold , close down , conclude , keep out , fill up , close up , shut , shut out , block , pen up , belt up , button up , impede , be quiet , dummy up , clam up , keep mum , obstruct , obturate , turn up , fold up , shut up , jam , occlude , reason out , reason , resolve , make full , fill , most , well-nigh , virtually , about , nearly , almost , closely , fast , intimately , adjacent , abutting , bordering , contiguous , neighboring , adjoining , coterminous , next , attached , conterminous , beside

Antonyms

yonder , long , yon , loosely knit , out-of-town , ventilated , detached , disconnected , disjoined , separate , long-distance , loose , deep , faraway , open , open up , unconfined , far-flung , unequal , extreme , inaccurate , removed(p) , nonadjacent , harsh , generous , communicative , unrestrained , ulterior , remote , careless , public , coarse , communicatory , distant

Rhymes

adios , adipose , alagoas , altos , ambrose , arkose , arose , beaus , bellicose , bestows , blose , blows , boase , boes , boese , bongos , bose , boulos , bowes , bows , bowse , boze , broce , brose , bulldoze , cellulose , chose , clothes , comatose , compose , cose , cowes , crose , crows , croze , decompose , demos , denosse , depose , diagnose , disclose , dispose , dohse , dominoes , dominos , dose , doze , dubose , duclos , eaux , enclose , engross , eskimos , expose , fallows , foes , foreclose , froze , fructose , ghose , glows , gloze , glucose , goes , goghs , gose , grandiose , groce , grohs , gros , grose , groseclose , gross , grosz , grows , hose , impose , interpose , joes , jos , juxtapose , klose , knows , kroes , kroese , kroeze , loews , logos , lohse , los , lowes , lows , marose , meadows , melrose , misdiagnose , moes , morose , mose , most , ngos , nitrocellulose , noce , noes , nose , ohs , ooohs , oppose , ose , overdose , overexpose , owes , pharos , ploce , pose , pows , predispose , presuppose , primrose , propose , pros , prose , rainbows , reimpose , repos , repose , rockrose , roese , rohs , rose , rowes , rows , rowse , shadows , slows , snows , sows , stavros , studios , superimpose , suppose , tempos , those , throes , throws , toes , tomorrows , tows , transpose , troas , yoes