To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.
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 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.
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.
Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
Marked, evident.
Intimate; well-loved.
Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
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.
To make thin or thinner.
To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
To dilute.
To become thin or thinner.
Any food produced or served in thin slices.
A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.
Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
Of a route: relatively little used.
Poor; scanty; without money or success.
Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.