Betekenis van shut In het Nederlands

• 0 to (cause to) close something:

  • Please shut the gate.

  • I've got a surprise for you! Shut your eyes tightly and hold out your hand.

  • Mary shut her book and put it down on the table.

  • This window won't shut - it's jammed.

• 1 to (cause to) stop operating or being in service, either temporarily or permanently:

  • The shops shut at eight o'clock on Wednesday evenings.

  • It's such a shame they shut that factory (down).

• 2 closed:

  • I suspected something was wrong when I noticed her curtains were still shut at lunchtime.

  • figurative The government ought to have opened the door to Japanese investment instead of slamming it shut.

• 3 to close something:

  • [ T ] Would you shut the door, please?

  • [ I ] I can’t get this window shut.

  • [ T ] I shut the book (= closed it) and put it back on the shelf.

• 4 not open; closed:

  • Her office door was shut all day.

  • Her eyes were shut, but she was still awake.

• 5 if a store, restaurant, or public place shuts or someone shuts it, it stops being open for business at the end of the day, week, etc.:

  • The shops shut at 7 on Friday.

• 6 if a business shuts or is shut, it stops operating permanently:

  • When tougher controls force these dumps to shut, their operators will vanish.

  • The older plant will be shut down soon.

• 7 to stop operating a business either temporarily or permanently:

  • Last weekend the greengrocer shut up shop and others are likely to follow.

  • In contrast to other national institutions that are shutting up shop for Christmas, nobody knows when - if ever - it will re-open.

• 8 not open for business:

  • Tourists arrived to find the shops and restaurants shut.