To seal off.
To terminate; to call the end of.
To terminate a computer program.
To make trades offsetting an existing position, leaving the trader with a neutral position.
Of a wave, to break all at once, instead of progressively along its length.
To exclude by blocking all opportunities to enter or join.
Synonym of close (“to make a sale”)
To permanently close or block (a road or path); to legally extinguish a right of way.
To increase the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a higher number to an f/stop represented by a lower number and causing more light to pass into the camera.
To fill a hole or cavity, or block (an opening or passage), as with a plug.