close
— Adjective
– English
～ inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"
close
— Adjective
– English
～ giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
close
— Adjective
– English
～ strictly confined or guarded; "kept under close custody"
close
— Adjective
– English
～ at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other; "close to noon"; "how close are we to town?"; "a close formation of ships"
close
— Adjective
– English
～ confined to specific persons; "a close secret"
close
— Adjective
– English
～ used of hair or haircuts; "a close military haircut"
close
— Adjective
– English
～ lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke"
close
— Adjective
– English
～ (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched; "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game"
close
— Adjective
– English
～ fitting closely but comfortably; "a close fit"
close
— Adjective
– English
～ close in relevance or relationship; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance"
close
— Adjective
– English
～ not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances; "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call"
close
— Noun
– English
～ the concluding part of any performance
close call
— Noun
– English
～ something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin
close
— Noun
– English
～ the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."
close
— Noun
– English
～ the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season"
closed
— Adjective
– English
～ requiring union membership; "a closed shop"
closed
— Adjective
– English
～ used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight"
closed-captioned
— Adjective
– English
～ broadcast with captions that are seen only on receivers having special equipment; can be provided for hard-of-hearing viewers
closed
— Adjective
– English
～ not open to the general public; "a closed meeting"
closed
— Adjective
– English
～ (set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints