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1 PHRASAL VERB If a group of people close in on a person or place, they come nearer and nearer to them and gradually surround them. □ [V P + on ] Eight thousand soldiers were closing in on him. □ [V P ] As Parretti walked across the tarmac, fraud officers closed in.

2 PHRASAL VERB When winter or darkness closes in , it arrives. □ [V P ] The dark nights and cold weather are closing in.

➍ Close /kloʊ s/ (Closes ) N‑COUNT [n N ] Close is used in the names of some streets in Britain. □  …116 Dendridge Close.

close-cropped /kloʊ s krɒ pt/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Close-cropped hair or grass is cut very short.

closed /kloʊ zd/

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A closed group of people does not welcome new people or ideas from outside. □  It was to be a closed circle of no more than twelve women. □  It is a closed society in the sense that they've not been exposed to many things.

2 → see also close ➊

3a closed book → see book

4behind closed doors → see door

clo sed-ci rcuit also closed circuit ADJ [ADJ n] A closed-circuit television or video system is one that operates within a limited area such as a building. □  There's a closed-circuit television camera in the reception area.

clo sed sho p (closed shops ) N‑COUNT If a factory, shop, or other business is a closed shop , the employees must be members of a particular trade union. [BUSINESS ] □  …the trade union which they are required to join under the closed shop agreement.

close-fitting /kloʊ s f I t I ŋ/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Close-fitting clothes fit tightly and show the shape of your body.

close-knit /kloʊ s n I t/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A close-knit group of people are closely linked, do things together, and take an interest in each other. □  Events over the last year have created a close-knit community.

close-run /kloʊ s rʌ n/ ADJ [ADJ n] If you describe something such as a race or contest as a close-run thing, you mean that it was only won by a very small amount. □  In such a close-run race as this election, the campaign becomes all important.

close sea|son /kloʊ s siːzən/ in AM, use closed season N‑SING In football and some other sports, the close season is the period of the year when the sport is not played professionally. [BRIT ] □  Football clubs have been busy in the close season transfer market.

clos|et /klɒ z I t/ (closets )

1 N‑COUNT A closet is a piece of furniture with doors at the front and shelves inside, which is used for storing things. [AM ] in BRIT, use cupboard 2 N‑COUNT A closet is a very small room for storing things, especially one without windows. [AM , also BRIT , OLD-FASHIONED ]

3 ADJ [ADJ n] Closet is used to describe a person who has beliefs, habits, or feelings which they keep secret, often because they are embarrassed about them. Closet is also used of their beliefs, habits, or feelings. □  He is a closet Fascist.

4 → see also closeted

5a skeleton in the closet → see skeleton

clos|et|ed /klɒ z I t I d/ ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If you are closeted with someone, you are talking privately to them. [FORMAL or LITERARY ] □  Charles and I were closeted in his study for the briefing session.

close-up /kloʊ s ʌp/ (close-ups ) N‑COUNT A close-up is a photograph or a picture in a film that shows a lot of detail because it is taken very near to the subject. □ [+ of ] …a close-up of Harvey's face. ● PHRASE If you see something in close-up , you see it in great detail in a photograph or piece of film which has been taken very near to the subject. □  Hughes stared up at him in close-up from the photograph.

clos|ing /kloʊ z I ŋ/

1 ADJ [ADJ n] The closing part of an activity or period of time is the final part of it. □  He entered RAF service in the closing stages of the war.

2 → see also close ➊