shut down or shut something down

shut down or shut something down
cease or cause something to cease business or operation.
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  • shut something down — ˌshut sthˈdown derived to stop a factory, shop/store, etc. from opening for business; to stop a machine from working • The computer system will be shut down over the weekend. related noun ↑shutdown Main entry: ↑shutderived …   Useful english dictionary

  • shut — 1 /SVt/ verb past tense and past participle past tense and past participle shut present participle shutting 1 (I, T) to close something, or to become closed: The door shut with a bang. | She lay down on her bed and shut her eyes. | Laruelle put… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • shut down — verb cease to operate or cause to cease operating (Freq. 2) 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, ↑c …   Useful english dictionary

  • shut — shut1 [ ʃʌt ] (past tense and past participle shut) verb *** 1. ) transitive to close something, for example a door, window, or drawer: Please shut the door behind you. Shut the gate or the dog will get out. Don t worry about the curtains, I ll… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • shut up — I verb 1. refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent (Freq. 6) The children shut up when their father approached • Syn: ↑close up, ↑clam up, ↑dummy up, ↑belt up, ↑button up …   Useful english dictionary

  • shut in — verb surround completely Darkness enclosed him They closed in the porch with a fence • Syn: ↑enclose, ↑close in, ↑inclose • Derivationally related forms: ↑enclosure ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • shut — verb (shuts, shutting; past and past participle shut) 1》 move or cause to move into position to block an opening.     ↘block an opening into (something) by moving a lid or similar participle     ↘(usu. shut someone/thing in/out) confine or… …   English new terms dictionary

  • shut — [[t]ʃʌ̱t[/t]] ♦♦♦ shuts, shutting (The form shut is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.) 1) V ERG If you shut something such as a door or if it shuts, it moves so that it fills a hole or a space. [V n] Just make… …   English dictionary

  • shut — /shut/, v., shut, shutting, adj., n. v.t. 1. to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct. 2. to close the doors of (often fol. by up): to shut up a shop for the night. 3. to close (something) by bringing together or folding its… …   Universalium

  • shut — ► VERB (shutting; past and past part. shut) 1) move into position to block an opening. 2) (shut in/out) confine or exclude by closing something such as a door. 3) fold or bring together the sides or parts of. 4) chiefly Brit. make or become… …   English terms dictionary

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