[ʃʌt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- move (something) into position so as to block an opening; close
(e.g: shut the window, please)

- make (something) unavailable for business or service, either permanently or until due to be open again
(e.g: we shut the shop for lunch)


Phrases:
- be shut of
- get shut of
- shut it
- shut your mouth

Origin:
Old English scyttan ‘put (a bolt) in position to hold fast’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch schutten ‘shut up, obstruct’, also to shoot