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To close, in various senses.

To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.

To make or become unreceptive.

(British) To close (a business or venue) temporarily or permanently.

To put out of use or operation.

To cease operation or cease to be available.

(more usually 'close') To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.

To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.

To confine in an enclosed area; to enclose.

To isolate, to close off from the world.

To preclude, exclude. +

(ed-form)

Closed, not open, in any of various senses.

Physically sealed, obstructed, folded together, etc.

Not available for use or operation.

(of a business or venue) Not operating or conducting trade; not allowing entrance to visitors or the public.

Not receptive.

(sports) Of a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.

(heraldry) (close).

(archaic) (close).

The act or time of shutting; close.

A door or cover; a shutter.

The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.

(dialect) A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.