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verb. stop or slow

Word Origin & History

Old English scyttan "to put (a bolt) in place so as to fasten a door or gate, bolt, shut to; discharge, pay off," from West Germanic *skutjan (cf. Old Frisian schetta, Middle Dutch schutten "to shut, shut up, obstruct"), from PIE *skeud- "to shoot, chase, throw" (see shoot (v.)). Related: Shutting.

Meaning "to close by folding or bringing together" is from mid-14c. Meaning "prevent ingress and egress" is from mid-14c. Sense of "to set (someone) free (from)" (c.1500) is obsolete except in dialectal phrases such as to get shut of. To shut (one's) mouth "desist from speaking" is recorded from mid-14c.

Example Sentences for shut down

It's a pity you ain't got some one to shut down on you that way.

We shut down some of the power, so as not to outspeed them, and took out after them.

Only one peep; and then the lid shall be shut down as safely as ever!

The trunk was not locked; the lid had merely been shut down.

On the ninth I shut down, clamped with my thumbs, and froze there.

"All right," said the officer; and he shut down the lid, and marked the top with a P.

Everywhere mills were shut down, and there was the utmost distress in consequence.

It's cheaper for them to shut down for six weeks than to try to keep running.

Well, that was over—another chapter in his life to shut down.

But we must shut down before the corn is all through the stones!

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