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Closed   /kloʊzd/   Listen
adjective
closed  adj.  
1.
Having an opening obstructed. (Narrower terms: blind) Also See: obstructed, sealed, shut, unopen, closed. Antonym: open.
2.
(Math.) Of a curve or surface: having no end points or boundary curves; of a set: having members that can be produced by a specific operation on other members of the same set; of an interval: containing both its endpoints.. Antonym: open.
3.
Being in a position to obstruct an opening; especially of doors. (Narrower terms: fastened, latched) Also See: closed. Antonym: open.
Synonyms: shut, unopen.
4.
Having skin drawn so as to obstruct the opening; used of mouth or eyes. Opposite of open. "He sat quietly with closed eyes" (Narrower terms: blinking, winking; compressed, tight; squinched, squinting)
Synonyms: shut.
5.
Requiring union membership; of a workplace; as, a closed shop. (prenominal)
6.
Closed with shutters.
7.
Hidden from the public; as, a closed ballot.
8.
Not open to the general public; as, a closed meeting.
9.
Unsympathetic; of a person's attitude. "A closed mind unreceptive to new ideas"
10.
Surrounded by walls. "A closed porch"
Synonyms: closed in(predicate).
11.
Made compact by bending or doubling over; as, a closed map.
Synonyms: folded.
12.
Closed or fastened with or as if with buttons. (Narrower terms: buttoned (vs. unbuttoned))
13.
Not engaged in activity; of an organization or business establishment. "The airport is closed because of the weather"; "The many closed shops and factories made the town look deserted"
Synonyms: shut down.


verb
Close  v. t.  (past & past part. closed; pres. part. closing)  
1.
To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.
2.
To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; often used with up.
3.
To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction. "One frugal supper did our studies close."
4.
To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine. "The depth closed me round about." "But now thou dost thyself immure and close In some one corner of a feeble heart."
A closed sea, a sea within the jurisdiction of some particular nation, which controls its navigation.


Close  v. i.  
1.
To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound, or parts separated. "What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?"
2.
To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock.
3.
To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight. "They boldly closed in a hand-to-hand contest."
To close on or To close upon, to come to a mutual agreement; to agree on or join in. "Would induce France and Holland to close upon some measures between them to our disadvantage."
To close with.
(a)
To accede to; to consent or agree to; as, to close with the terms proposed.
(b)
To make an agreement with.
To close with the land (Naut.), to approach the land.





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"Closed" Quotes from Famous Books



... interwrought their names. I remember the sobered dignity of the one, and the humorous gaiety of the other, and how we had some young men's joking and laughing together, in the anteroom where they received me, with the great soul entering upon its travail beyond the closed door. They asked me if I had ever seen the President, and I said that I had seen him at Columbus, the year before; but I could not say how much I should like to see him again, and thank him for the favor which ...
— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells
... the ninth century, as we have already remarked, the commercial relations of the Arabians and the Christians of Europe commenced, and Alexandria was no longer closed to the latter. The merchants of Lyons, Marseilles, and other maritime towns in the south of France, in consequence of the friendship and treaties subsisting between Charlemagne and the Caliph Haroun Al Rasched, ...
— Robert Kerr's General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 18 • William Stevenson
... closed the hearing in a speech whose vigor, logic and eloquence were accentuated in the minds of the hearers by the thought that for more than thirty years she had made these pleas before congressional committees, only to be received ...
— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV • Various
... blood of the bear still streaked it; it was large enough to be an organism with independent life. But when Langley, with some misgiving, trusted his own bony fingers within that grasp, in was only as if something fleshy, soft, and bloodless had closed over them. When his hand was released he rubbed it covertly against his trowser leg—to remove dirt—restore the circulation. He did not ...
— The Night Horseman • Max Brand
... last batch had gone out, my batch would be the next to come in, the turnkey said suddenly. It was a well of a place, high black walls going up into the desolate, weeping sky, and quite tiny. At one end was a sort of slit in the wall, closed with tall, immense windows. From there a faint sort of rabbit's squeak was going up through the immense roll and rumble of traffic on the other side of the wall. The turnkey ...
— Romance • Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer


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