close.

To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through. To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.

Close the door behind you when you leave.

Many flowers close at night.

To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through. To obstruct or block.

They closed the road for the festival.

Ice has closed the channel to shipping.

To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through. To become denser or more crowded with objects.

As we penetrated further, the forest closed around us.

To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through. To make or become unreceptive.

He has closed his mind to new ideas.

To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through. To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.

To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through. To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.

To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through. To grapple; to engage in close combat.

To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through. To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.

To finish. To end or conclude.

The committee chairman made a few concluding remarks and then closed the session.

to close a bargain;   to close a course of instruction

To finish. To finish; to come to an end.

The debate closed at six o'clock.

To finish. To conclude (a sale).

To finish. To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).

Nirvana closed the festival.

To finish. To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.

He has closed the last two games for his team.

To finish. To cancel or reverse (a trading position).

To make or become non-operational or unavailable for use. To put out of use or operation.

We are closing the phone lines at 9 pm.

Your account has been closed because of non-payment.

To make or become non-operational or unavailable for use. To cease operation or cease to be available.

Phone lines will close in ten minutes.

Our options are closing fast.

To make or become non-operational or unavailable for use. To cease trading for the day, or permanently.

The supermarket closes at eight o'clock.

Lots of shops in the town centre have closed because of the recession.

To make or become non-operational or unavailable for use. To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.

Whoever closed last night forgot to turn off the closet light.

To make or become non-operational or unavailable for use. To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.

Close the file when you have finished reading data.

This app has a bug: when you try to sort a large spreadsheet, it closes.

To make or become non-operational or unavailable for use. To turn off; to switch off.

Please close the lights, the (electric) fan, the TV.

To come or gather around; to enclose.

To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.

An end or conclusion.

We owe them our thanks for bringing the project to a successful close.

The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.

The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.

A grapple in wrestling.

The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.

A double bar marking the end.

The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.

Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to. At little distance; near in space or time.

Is your house close?

Christmas is getting close.

Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to. Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.

No, but you were close.

We were so close to winning!

Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to. Almost resulting in disaster.

Phew! That was close!

Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.

Their ages are quite close.

His face is a close fit with the artist's impression.

Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.

a close translation; a close copy

Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to. Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.

He is a close friend.

My brother and I were close when we were younger, but not so much now.

Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to. Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.

We have a close affiliation with the college.

I keep in close contact with my former colleagues.

Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to. Nearing orgasm.

Compressed, restricted, constrained, etc. Physically narrow or confined.

a close alley; close quarters; close confines

Compressed, restricted, constrained, etc. Tight, with little space separating components or elements.

For this job it's best to use wood with a close grain.

These trousers are a close fit.

Compressed, restricted, constrained, etc. Strictly confined; carefully guarded.

He was captured and kept a close prisoner.

Compressed, restricted, constrained, etc. Tightly restricted in availability.

The pregnancy was a close secret.

His lawyers have so far kept this information close.

Compressed, restricted, constrained, etc. Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.

Compressed, restricted, constrained, etc. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.

Compressed, restricted, constrained, etc. Hot, humid, with no wind.

Compressed, restricted, constrained, etc. Dense; solid; compact.

Rigorous, careful, etc. Attentive; undeviating; strict.

The patient was kept under close observation.

Keep a close eye on him.

Rigorous, careful, etc. Carefully done, detailed.

This issue merits close examination.

Unfortunately, on close reading of the Ts and Cs, it appears that your insurance does not cover this.

Rigorous, careful, etc. Accurate; precise.

Short.

to cut grass or hair close

Closed, shut.

Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.

With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.

Difficult to obtain.

Money is close.

Parsimonious; stingy.

Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.

Concise; to the point.

close reasoning

Marked, evident.

In a close manner (limited contexts; more often closely). So as to leave or create little distance or space between objects.

The car behind was following too close and could not brake in time.

Please stay close together.

In a close manner (limited contexts; more often closely). Carefully, in detail.

Look close at the pictures.

In a close manner (limited contexts; more often closely). In combination (sometimes potentially ambiguous between adverb and adjective).

close-packed, close-knit, close-fitting

A street that ends in a dead end.

Private fenced land, such as a paddock, orchard or yard, that, along with the common pasture land and woodland, constituted the inarable component of the open-field system of the medieval manor in England.

An enclosed field, especially a field enclosed around a (usually religious) building (e.g. a cathedral close).

A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.

The common staircase in a tenement.

The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed.