At or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other. "How close are we to town?" , "A close formation of ships"
2.
Close in relevance or relationship. "We are all...in close sympathy with..." , "Close kin" , "A close resemblance"
3.
Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances. Synonyms:near, nigh."In the near future" , "They are near equals" , "His nearest approach to success" , "A very near thing" , "A near hit by the bomb" , "She was near tears" , "She was close to tears" , "Had a close call"
4.
Rigorously attentive; strict and thorough. "Paid close attention" , "A close study" , "Kept a close watch on expenditures"
5.
Marked by fidelity to an original. Synonym:faithful."A faithful copy of the portrait" , "A faithful rendering of the observed facts"
6.
(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched. Synonym:tight."A close election" , "A tight game"
Giving or spending with reluctance. Synonyms:cheeseparing, near, penny-pinching, skinny."Very close (or near) with his money" , "A penny-pinching miserly old man"
Near in time or place or relationship. Synonyms:near, nigh."Stood near the door" , "Don't shoot until they come near" , "Getting near to the true explanation" , "Her mother is always near" , "The end draws nigh" , "The bullet didn't come close" , "Don't get too close to the fire"
Cease to operate or cause to cease operating. Synonyms:close down, close up, fold, shut down."My business closes every night at 8 P.M." , "Close up the shop"
Unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of. Synonym:close up."Close a wound" , "Close a book" , "Close up an umbrella"
17.
Finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead.
noun
1.
The temporal end; the concluding time. Synonyms:conclusion, finale, finis, finish, last, stopping point."The market was up at the finish" , "They were playing better at the close of the season"
... consume from half to three quarters of an hour, and even longer, if such can be spared from the completion of the field, the amusement of the wheat harvest is continued, with such exertions as draw the reaping and binding of the field together with the close of the evening. This done, a small sheaf is bound up, and set upon the top of one of the ridges, when the reapers retiring to a certain distance, each throws his reap-hook at the sheaf, until one more fortunate, or less inebriated, than the rest strikes it ... — The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 10, No. 272, Saturday, September 8, 1827 • Various Read full book for free!
... cost the consumer two dollars for every one it professed to save him. As a single illustration of the utterly deceptive character of reductions in price under the profit system, it may be recalled that toward the close of the nineteenth century in America, after almost magical inventions for reducing the cost of shoemaking, it was a common saying that although the price of shoes was considerably lower than fifty years before, when they were made by hand, yet that later-made shoes were so much ... — Equality • Edward Bellamy Read full book for free!
... the roof and was wandering in the vast nave from pillar to pillar, when I found myself beneath the lantern. I raised my eyes, but the flood of golden light compelled me to close them. The sunlight passing through the yellow glass of the windows overhead encircled the mighty vault of the lantern with a fiery crown, and played around the walls of its cage in rays which, growing fainter as they fell, flooded the floor with their expiring flames, a mysterious ... — The Ink-Stain, Complete • Rene Bazin Read full book for free!
... Here we come close to the pure Vedanta, with its discernment between the eternal and the temporal. St. Paul, following after Philo and Plato, lays down the same fundamental principle: the things seen are temporal, the ... — The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali • Charles Johnston Read full book for free!
... must have been incredible to him that Pompey should assent to it. When the blow came, it crushed him for the time. But he retricked his beams and struggled on to the end, as we shall see if we follow his life to the close. ... — Life of Cicero - Volume One • Anthony Trollope Read full book for free!
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