Origin of shut

before 1000; Middle English s(c)hutten, s(c)hetten, s(c)hitten Old English scyttan “to bolt (a door)”; akin to shoot1

synonym study for shut

1. See close.

OTHER WORDS FROM shut

half-shut, adjective re·shut, verb, re·shut, re·shut·ting. un·shut, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for shut

British Dictionary definitions for shut

shut
/ (ʃʌt) /

verb shuts, shutting or shut

adjective

closed or fastened

noun

Word Origin for shut

Old English scyttan; related to Old Frisian sketta to shut in, Middle Dutch schutten to obstruct

Idioms and Phrases with shut

shut