Verb
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refuse to talk or stop talking
fall silent
"The children shut up when their father approached"
- clam up - dummy up - shut up - belt up - button up - be quiet - keep mum -
unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
"close the circuit"
"close a wound"
"close a book"
"close up an umbrella"
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block passage through
"obstruct the path"
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cease to operate or cause to cease operating
"The owners decided to move and to close the factory"
"My business closes every night at 8 P.M."
"close up the shop"
- shut down - close down
Adverb
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very close
"without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"
"even firing at close range he missed"
- at close range