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shut-in
 
Adjective shut-in has 2 senses
  1. introvertish, shut-in - somewhat introverted
    Antonyms: extroversive, extraversive (indirect, via ambiversive, introversive)
    Antonym: ambiversive (indirect, via introversive, extroversive)
  2. homebound, housebound, shut-in - confined usually by illness
    Antonym: unconfined (indirect, via confined)
Noun shut-in has 1 sense
  1. invalid, shut-in - someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
    --1 is a kind of sick person, diseased person, sufferer
    --1 is a member of homebound
Verb shut-in has 1 sense
  1. enclose, inclose, shut in - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"
    --1 is one way to surround, skirt, border
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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