Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
Marked, evident.
Intimate; well-loved.
Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer or goal); near
Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
At a little distance; near.
Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
Hot, humid, with no wind.
Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
Narrow; confined.
Short.
Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
The common staircase in a tenement.
A cathedral close.
The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
An end or conclusion.
A grapple in wrestling.
The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
A double bar marking the end.
A street that ends in a dead end.
To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.
To make a sale.
To move so that an opening is closed.
To grapple; to engage in close combat.
To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
To come to an end.
To put an end to; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to consummate.
To obstruct (an opening).
To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
To turn off; to switch off.
Ample, abundant; generous in quantity.
Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.
Generous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparingly.
Open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism.
Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study of which is considered to provide general knowledge, as opposed to vocational/occupational, technical or mechanical training.
A supporter of any of several liberal parties.
One who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights, and laissez-faire markets (also called "classical liberal"; compare libertarian).
One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism).
Someone with progressive or left-wing views; one with a left-wing ideology.