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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. cease to operate or cause to cease operating;
- Example: "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"
- Example: "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."
- Example: "close up the shop"
[syn: close up, close, fold, shut down, close down]

2. block passage through;
- Example: "obstruct the path"
[syn: obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up]

3. unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of;
- Example: "close the circuit"
- Example: "close a wound"
- Example: "close a book"
- Example: "close up an umbrella"
[syn: close up, close]

4. refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent;
- Example: "The children shut up when their father approached"
[syn: close up, clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum]


ADVERB (1)

1. very close;
- Example: "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"
- Example: "even firing at close range he missed"
[syn: close up, at close range]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

close up
    adv 1: very close; "without my reading glasses I can hardly see
           things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed"
           [syn: close up, at close range]
    v 1: 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" [syn:
         close up, close, fold, shut down, close down]
         [ant: open, open up]
    2: block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: obstruct,
       obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up]
       [ant: disengage, free]
    3: unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of;
       "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close
       up an umbrella" [syn: close up, close]
    4: refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children
       shut up when their father approached" [syn: close up, clam
       up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be
       quiet, keep mum] [ant: open up]