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clois|tered /klɔ I stə ^r d/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you have a cloistered way of life, you live quietly and are not involved in the normal busy life of the world around you. □  …the cloistered world of royalty.

clone /kloʊ n/ (clones , cloning , cloned )

1 N‑COUNT If someone or something is a clone of another person or thing, they are so similar to this person or thing that they seem to be exactly the same as them. □  Designers are mistaken if they believe we all want to be supermodel clones.

2 N‑COUNT A clone is an animal or plant that has been produced artificially, for example in a laboratory, from the cells of another animal or plant. A clone is exactly the same as the original animal or plant.

3 VERB To clone an animal or plant means to produce it as a clone. □ [V n] The idea of cloning extinct life forms still belongs to science fiction.

close

➊ SHUTTING OR COMPLETING

➋ NEARNESS; ADJECTIVE USES

➌ NEARNESS; VERB USES

➍ USED AS A ROAD NAME

➊ close ◆◆◆ /kloʊ z/ (closes , closing , closed )

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1 VERB When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes , it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered. □ [V n] If you are cold, close the window. □ [V ] Zacharias heard the door close. □ [V -ed] Keep the curtains closed.

2 VERB When you close something such as an open book or umbrella, you move the different parts of it together. □ [V n] Slowly he closed the book.

3 VERB If you close something such as a computer file or window, you give the computer an instruction to remove it from the screen. [COMPUTING ] □ [V n] To close your document, press CTRL+W on your keyboard.

4 VERB When you close your eyes or your eyes close , your eyelids move downwards, so that you can no longer see. □ [V n] Bess closed her eyes and fell asleep. □ [V ] When we sneeze, our eyes close.

5 VERB When a place closes or is closed , work or activity stops there for a short period. □ [V ] Shops close only on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. □ [V n] It was Saturday; they could close the office early. □ [V n] Government troops closed the airport. □ [V -ed] The restaurant was closed for the night.

6 VERB If a place such as a factory, shop, or school closes , or if it is closed , all work or activity stops there permanently. □ [V ] Many enterprises will be forced to close. □ [V n] If they do close the local college I'll have to go to Worcester. ● PHRASAL VERB Close down means the same as close . □ [V P n] Minford closed down the business and went into politics. □ [V P ] Many of the smaller stores have closed down. [Also V n P ] ●  clos|ing N‑SING □ [+ of ] …the closing of the steelworks.

7 VERB To close a road or border means to block it in order to prevent people from using it. □ [V n] The police had to close the road to traffic.

8 VERB To close a conversation, event, or matter means to bring it to an end or to complete it. □ [V n] DNA tests could close the case. □ [V -ed] The Prime Minister is said to now consider the matter closed. □ [V -ing] …the closing ceremony of the National Political Conference.

9 VERB If you close a bank account, you take all your money out of it and inform the bank that you will no longer be using the account. □ [V n] He had closed his account with the bank five years earlier.