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Closed   /kloʊzd/   Listen
adjective
closed  adj.  
1.
Having an opening obstructed. (Narrower terms: blind) Also See: obstructed, sealed, shut, unopen, closed. Antonym: open.
2.
(Math.) Of a curve or surface: having no end points or boundary curves; of a set: having members that can be produced by a specific operation on other members of the same set; of an interval: containing both its endpoints.. Antonym: open.
3.
Being in a position to obstruct an opening; especially of doors. (Narrower terms: fastened, latched) Also See: closed. Antonym: open.
Synonyms: shut, unopen.
4.
Having skin drawn so as to obstruct the opening; used of mouth or eyes. Opposite of open. "He sat quietly with closed eyes" (Narrower terms: blinking, winking; compressed, tight; squinched, squinting)
Synonyms: shut.
5.
Requiring union membership; of a workplace; as, a closed shop. (prenominal)
6.
Closed with shutters.
7.
Hidden from the public; as, a closed ballot.
8.
Not open to the general public; as, a closed meeting.
9.
Unsympathetic; of a person's attitude. "A closed mind unreceptive to new ideas"
10.
Surrounded by walls. "A closed porch"
Synonyms: closed in(predicate).
11.
Made compact by bending or doubling over; as, a closed map.
Synonyms: folded.
12.
Closed or fastened with or as if with buttons. (Narrower terms: buttoned (vs. unbuttoned))
13.
Not engaged in activity; of an organization or business establishment. "The airport is closed because of the weather"; "The many closed shops and factories made the town look deserted"
Synonyms: shut down.


verb
Close  v. t.  (past & past part. closed; pres. part. closing)  
1.
To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.
2.
To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; often used with up.
3.
To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction. "One frugal supper did our studies close."
4.
To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine. "The depth closed me round about." "But now thou dost thyself immure and close In some one corner of a feeble heart."
A closed sea, a sea within the jurisdiction of some particular nation, which controls its navigation.


Close  v. i.  
1.
To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound, or parts separated. "What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?"
2.
To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock.
3.
To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight. "They boldly closed in a hand-to-hand contest."
To close on or To close upon, to come to a mutual agreement; to agree on or join in. "Would induce France and Holland to close upon some measures between them to our disadvantage."
To close with.
(a)
To accede to; to consent or agree to; as, to close with the terms proposed.
(b)
To make an agreement with.
To close with the land (Naut.), to approach the land.





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"Closed" Quotes from Famous Books



... examined the mountain anatomy scientifically, I should go wrong, in like manner, touching the external aspects. Therefore in beginning the inquiries of which the results are given in the preceding pages, I closed all geological books, and set myself, as far as I could, to see the Alps in a simple, thoughtless, and untheorizing manner; but to see them, if it might be, thoroughly. If I am wrong in any of the statements made after this kind of examination, the very fact of this error is an interesting ...
— Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) • John Ruskin
... relaxed, speaking: "The circuits are closed into themselves. It learns nothing from outside itself except to move and extend its metal feelers for food. Soil is its food. Soil is its energy. Soil is ...
— Sweet Their Blood and Sticky • Albert Teichner
... had closed upon this disastrous day, and a doleful night was it to the shipwrecked Pavonians, whose ears were incessantly assailed with the raging of the elements, and the howling of the hobgoblins that infested this perfidious ...
— Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete • Washington Irving
... wigwams, whose astonished inmates swarmed about the band of armed strangers, staring between curiosity and fear. La Salle knew those with whom he was dealing, and, without ceremony, entered the chief's lodge with his followers. The crowd closed around them, naked men and half-naked women, described by Joutel as of a singular ugliness. They gave buffalo- meat and dried porpoise to the unexpected guests; but La Salle, racked with anxiety, hastened to close the interview; and, having without difficulty recovered the kidnapped ...
— France and England in North America, a Series of Historical Narratives, Part Third • Francis Parkman
... tramezzo[5] of S. Maria Novella, beside the door opposite to the choir, he painted in fresco S. Dominic, S. Catherine of Siena, and S. Peter Martyr; and some little scenes in the Chapel of the Coronation of Our Lady in the said tramezzo. On canvas, fixed to the doors that closed the old organ, he painted an Annunciation, which is now in the convent, opposite to the door of the lower dormitory, between one cloister and ...
— Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects - Vol. 3 (of 10), Filarete and Simone to Mantegna • Giorgio Vasari


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