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The Meaning of close
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(n.) To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.
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(n.) To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up.
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(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.
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(n.) To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine.
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(v. i.) To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound, or parts separated.
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(v. i.) To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock.
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(v. i.) To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight.
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(n.) The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
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(n.) Conclusion; cessation; ending; end.
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(n.) A grapple in wrestling.
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(n.) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
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(n.) A double bar marking the end.
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(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.
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(v. t.) A narrow passage leading from a street to a court, and the houses within.
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(v. t.) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not inclosed.
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(v. t.) Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box.
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(v. t.) Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters.
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(v. t.) Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc.
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(v. t.) Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close prisoner.
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(v. t.) Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
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(v. t.) Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent.
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(v. t.) Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to liquids.
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(v. t.) Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning.
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(v. t.) Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; -- often followed by to.
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(v. t.) Short; as, to cut grass or hair close.
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(v. t.) Intimate; familiar; confidential.
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(v. t.) Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote.
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(v. t.) Difficult to obtain; as, money is close.
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(v. t.) Parsimonious; stingy.
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(v. t.) Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact; strict; as, a close translation.
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(v. t.) Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict; not wandering; as, a close observer.
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(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.
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(adv.) In a close manner.
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(adv.) Secretly; darkly.
Synonyms
cobbler's last
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termination
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shoemaker's last
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refinement
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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
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closely
,
fast
,
intimately
,
adjacent
,
abutting
,
bordering
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contiguous
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neighboring
,
adjoining
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coterminous
,
next
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attached
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conterminous
,
beside
Antonyms
yonder
,
long
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yon
,
loosely knit
,
out-of-town
,
ventilated
,
detached
,
disconnected
,
disjoined
,
separate
,
long-distance
,
loose
,
deep
,
faraway
,
open
,
open up
,
unconfined
,
far-flung
,
unequal
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extreme
,
inaccurate
,
removed(p)
,
nonadjacent
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harsh
,
generous
,
communicative
,
unrestrained
,
ulterior
,
remote
,
careless
,
public
,
coarse
,
communicatory
,
distant
Rhymes
adios
,
adipose
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alagoas
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altos
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ambrose
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arkose
,
arose
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beaus
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bellicose
,
bestows
,
blose
,
blows
,
boase
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boes
,
boese
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bongos
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bose
,
boulos
,
bowes
,
bows
,
bowse
,
boze
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broce
,
brose
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bulldoze
,
cellulose
,
chose
,
clothes
,
comatose
,
compose
,
cose
,
cowes
,
crose
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crows
,
croze
,
decompose
,
demos
,
denosse
,
depose
,
diagnose
,
disclose
,
dispose
,
dohse
,
dominoes
,
dominos
,
dose
,
doze
,
dubose
,
duclos
,
eaux
,
enclose
,
engross
,
eskimos
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expose
,
fallows
,
foes
,
foreclose
,
froze
,
fructose
,
ghose
,
glows
,
gloze
,
glucose
,
goes
,
goghs
,
gose
,
grandiose
,
groce
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grohs
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gros
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grose
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groseclose
,
gross
,
grosz
,
grows
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hose
,
impose
,
interpose
,
joes
,
jos
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juxtapose
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klose
,
knows
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kroes
,
kroese
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kroeze
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loews
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logos
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lohse
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los
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lowes
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lows
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marose
,
meadows
,
melrose
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misdiagnose
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moes
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morose
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mose
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most
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ngos
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nitrocellulose
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noce
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noes
,
nose
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ohs
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ooohs
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oppose
,
ose
,
overdose
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overexpose
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owes
,
pharos
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ploce
,
pose
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pows
,
predispose
,
presuppose
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primrose
,
propose
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pros
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prose
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rainbows
,
reimpose
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repos
,
repose
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rockrose
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roese
,
rohs
,
rose
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rowes
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rows
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rowse
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shadows
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slows
,
snows
,
sows
,
stavros
,
studios
,
superimpose
,
suppose
,
tempos
,
those
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throes
,
throws
,
toes
,
tomorrows
,
tows
,
transpose
,
troas
,
yoes