English Dictionary

close

/kləʊz/

verb

To obstruct (an opening). / To move so that an opening is closed. / To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.

Please close the door.

意味（1）

To obstruct (an opening).

意味（2）

To move so that an opening is closed.

Close the door behind you when you leave.

意味（3）

To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.

The runner in second place is closing the gap on the leader.

意味（4）

(transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.

意味（5）

(transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.

意味（6）

To grapple; to engage in close combat.

They boldly closed in a hand-to-hand contest.

意味（7）

To put an end to; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to consummate.

close the session; to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction

意味（8）

To come to an end.

The debate closed at six o'clock.

意味（9）

(marketing) To make a sale.

意味（10）

(baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.

He has closed the last two games for his team.

意味（11）

(figuratively, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.

意味（12）

(transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).

意味（13）

To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.

The depth closed me round about.

意味（14）

(surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.

意味（15）

(intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.

Whoever closed last night forgot to turn off the closet light.

意味（16）

(Philippines) To turn off; to switch off.

Please close the lights. ― Please turn off the lights.