(transitive) To confine. / (transitive) To completely surround or enclose. / (intransitive, dated) To settle down, or fall; to arrive; (said of evening, etc.)

(usually imperative, rude) To stop talking or making noise; to shut up.

(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of shut

plural of shutting

(rare) The property of being shut.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shut in

present participle of shut in

(transitive) To close (a building) so that no one can enter. / (transitive) To terminate (a business).

Closed up or off, as in a building that no one is to enter.

(transitive) To close, terminate, or end. / (ergative) To turn off or stop. / (figuratively, intransitive) To emotionally withdraw into oneself as a defense mechanism; to block out external stressors.