simple past tense and past participle of number close

(Scotland, informal, archaic) Synonym of up a tree (“in a difficult situation”)

A system of television cameras, connected by cable to a control room, used for surveillance.

(colloquial) To stop what one is doing, especially in the context of a business.

(idiomatic) In private; in one's private life; lacking (normal) public disclosure, in camera. / (idiomatic, sports) Without public spectators.

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

(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.

Alternative form of closed-cut valley

(roofing) a method of valley application in which shingles from one side of the valley extend across the valley while shingles from the other side are trimmed back a few inches from the valley centerline.