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Noun shutting has 1 sense
- shutting, closing - the act of closing something
--1 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
Verb shut has 3 senses
- close, shut - move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window"
Sample sentence:
They want to shut the doors
- close, shut - become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang"
--2 is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentence:
The doors shut
- exclude, keep out, shut out, shut - prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"
--3 is one way to prevent, keep
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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