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1 PHRASAL VERB If you shut someone or something in a room, you close the door so that they cannot leave it. □ [V n P n] The door enables us to shut the birds in the shelter in bad weather.

2 PHRASAL VERB If you shut yourself in a room, you stay in there and make sure nobody else can get in. □ [V pron-refl P n] After one particular bad result, he shut himself in the shower room for an hour.

3 → see also shut-in

▸  shut off

1 PHRASAL VERB If you shut off something such as an engine or an electrical item, you turn it off to stop it working. □ [V P n] They pulled over and shut off the engine. □ [V n P ] Will somebody please shut that alarm off.

2 PHRASAL VERB If you shut yourself off , you avoid seeing other people, usually because you are feeling depressed. □ [V pron-refl P ] Billy tends to keep things to himself more and shut himself off.

3 PHRASAL VERB If an official organization shuts off the supply of something, they no longer send it to the people they supplied in the past. □ [V P n] The State Water Project has shut off all supplies to farmers. [Also V n P ]

▸  shut out

1 PHRASAL VERB If you shut something or someone out , you prevent them from getting into a place, for example by closing the doors. □ [V n P + of ] 'I shut him out of the bedroom,' says Maureen. □ [V P n] I was set to shut out anyone else who came knocking. [Also V n P ]

2 PHRASAL VERB If you shut out a thought or a feeling, you prevent yourself from thinking or feeling it. □ [V P n] I shut out the memory which was too painful to dwell on. □ [V n P ] The figures represent such overwhelming human misery that the mind wants to shut it out.

3 PHRASAL VERB If you shut someone out of something, you prevent them from having anything to do with it. □ [V n P + of ] She is very reclusive, to the point of shutting me out of her life. □ [V n P ] She had effectively shut him out by refusing to listen.

▸  shut up PHRASAL VERB If someone shuts up or if someone shuts them up , they stop talking. You can say 'shut up' as an impolite way to tell a person to stop talking. □ [V P ] Just shut up, will you? □ [V n P ] A sharp put-down was the only way to shut her up. SYNONYMS shut VERB 1

close:If you are cold, close the window.

secure:The shed was secured by a hasp and staple fastener.

fasten:…the dress, which fastens with a long back zip.

lock:Are you sure you locked the front door?

shut|down /ʃʌ tdaʊn/ (shutdowns ) N‑COUNT A shutdown is the closing of a factory, shop, or other business, either for a short time or for ever. □  The shutdown is the latest in a series of painful budget measures.

shu t-eye also shuteye N‑UNCOUNT Shut-eye is sleep. [INFORMAL ] □  Go home and get some shut-eye.

shu t-in (shut-ins ) N‑COUNT A shut-in is someone who is ill for a long time, and has to stay in bed or at home. [AM ] □  …Meals on Wheels or similar programs that bring outside life to shut-ins.

shut|ter /ʃʌ tə ^r / (shutters )

1 N‑COUNT The shutter in a camera is the part which opens to allow light through the lens when a photograph is taken. □  There are a few things you should check before pressing the shutter release.

2 N‑COUNT [usu pl] Shutters are wooden or metal covers fitted on the outside of a window. They can be opened to let in the light, or closed to keep out the sun or the cold. □  She opened the shutters and gazed out over village roofs.

shut|tered /ʃʌ tə ^r d/

1 ADJ A shuttered window, room, or building has its shutters closed. □  I opened a shuttered window.