· cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"

Synonym(s): close, fold, shut_down, close_down

· block passage through; "obstruct the path"

Synonym(s): obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block

Hypernym(s): impede, hinder

· unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella"

Synonym(s): close

Hypernym(s): join

· refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"

Synonym(s): clam_up, dummy_up, shut_up, belt_up, button_up, be_quiet, keep_mum

Antonym(s): open_up

· very close; "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed"

Synonym(s): at_close_range