superlative form of close-knit: most close-knit

comparative form of close-knit: more close-knit

(finance) A collective investment scheme with a limited number of shares.

To accept one's duty patriotically, particularly (idiomatic, euphemistic) to endure unwanted affection or sex due to social pressures.

(idiomatic) to pay careful attention to a situation or a thing, so that you can deal with any changes or problems.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see close, one's, eyes. / (idiomatic) To ignore something. / (idiomatic) To sleep.

(physics, chemistry, engineering) A physical system whose interaction with its environment is limited to particular types of transfer, so that certain quantities are conserved within the system.

(idiomatic) To avoid revealing one's thoughts, circumstances, or plans.

(transitive, intransitive) To make or become close.

(now historical) A chamber pot enclosed in a stool or box; a commode.