close
Forms
- present (v1)
- close
- past (v2)
- closed
- past participle (v3)
- closed
- present participle
- closing
- 3rd person singular
- closes
- Plural
- closes
Definitions
1.To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
- He has closed his mind to new ideas.
- They closed the road for the festival.
- Ice has closed the channel to shipping.
2.To finish.
- The debate closed at six o'clock.
- One frugal supper did our studies close.
- He has closed the last two games for his team.
3.To make or become non-operational or unavailable for use.
- Phone lines will close in ten minutes.
- We are closing the phone lines at 9 pm.
- The supermarket closes at eight o'clock.
4.To come or gather around; to enclose.
- The depth closed me round about.
1.An end or conclusion.
- His long and troubled life was drawing to a close.
- We owe them our thanks for bringing the project to a successful close.
2.The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- The doors of plank were; their close exquisite.
3.The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- Regardless of the situation, the minute you feel it's time for the close, try it.
4.A grapple in wrestling.
- The intestine shocke, And furious cloze of ciuill Butchery.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #688
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English closen (“to close, enclose”), partly continuing (in altered form) earlier Middle English clusen (“to close”) from Old English clȳsan (“to close, shut”); compare beclose, foreclose, etc.), and partly derived from Middle English clos (“close, shut up, confined, secret”, adjective), from Old French clos (“close, confined”, adjective), from Latin clausus (“shut up”, past participle), from claudō (“to bar, block, close, enclose, bring an end to, confine”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“key, hook, nail”), related to Latin clāvis (“key, deadbolt, bar”), clāvus (“nail, peg”), claustrum (“bar, bolt, barrier”), claustra (“dam, wall, barricade, stronghold”).