close
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～ move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window"
close
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～ fill or stop up; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?"
close
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～ draw near; "The probe closed with the space station"
close
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～ come together, as if in an embrace; "Her arms closed around her long lost relative"
close
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～ bar access to; "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours"
close
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～ cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"
close
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～ be priced or listed when trading stops; "The stock market closed high this Friday"; "My new stocks closed at $59 last night"
close
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～ finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning"
close
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～ bring together all the elements or parts of; "Management closed ranks"
close
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～ engage at close quarters; "close with the enemy"
close
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～ cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
close
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～ complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement; "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building"
close
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～ unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella"
close
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～ finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.); "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board"
closet
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～ confine to a small space, as for intensive work
closure
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～ terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion"
clot
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～ coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots"
clot
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～ turn into curds; "curdled milk"
clot
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～ cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
clot
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～ change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; "coagulated blood"