Definition of "close"
- verb
To obstruct (an opening).
To move so that an opening is closed.
To put an end to.
To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.
To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
To make a sale.
To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
To terminate a computer program or a window or file thereof.
- noun
An end of something.
An enclosed field.
A street that ends in a dead end.
A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
A cathedral close.
- adjective
Closed, shut.
At a little distance; near.
Intimate; well-loved.
Hot, humid, with no wind.
Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
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