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| n. (artifact) | 1. door | a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle.; "he knocked on the door"; "he slammed the door as he left" |
| ~ car door | the door of a car. |
| ~ cargo door | door used to load or unload cargo. |
| ~ doorway, room access, door, threshold | the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close.; "he stuck his head in the doorway" |
| ~ double door | two vertical doors that meet in the middle of the door frame when closed. |
| ~ fire door | a fire-resistant door that can be closed to stop the spread of a fire. |
| ~ french door | a light door with transparent or glazed panels extending the full length. |
| ~ interior door | a door that closes off rooms within a building. |
| ~ lock | a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed. |
| ~ movable barrier | a barrier that can be moved to allow passage. |
| ~ revolver, revolving door | a door consisting of four orthogonal partitions that rotate about a central pivot; a door designed to equalize the air pressure in tall buildings. |
| ~ screen door, screen | a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting; used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door.; "he heard the screen slam as she left" |
| ~ sliding door | a door that opens by sliding instead of swinging. |
| ~ storm door | an extra outer door for protection against severe weather or winter. |
| ~ swing door, swinging door | a door that swings on a double hinge; opens in either direction. |
| ~ trap door | a hinged or sliding door in a floor or ceiling. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. door, doorway, room access, threshold | the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close.; "he stuck his head in the doorway" |
| ~ casing, case | the enclosing frame around a door or window opening.; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" |
| ~ door | a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle.; "he knocked on the door"; "he slammed the door as he left" |
| ~ doorcase, doorframe | the frame that supports a door. |
| ~ doorsill, doorstep, threshold | the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway. |
| ~ entrance, entranceway, entryway, entree, entry | something that provides access (to get in or get out).; "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral" |
| ~ exterior door, outside door | a doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building. |
| ~ wall | an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure.; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. door | anything providing a means of access (or escape).; "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants"; "education is the door to success" |
| ~ access, admittance, entree, admission, accession | the right to enter. |
| ~ open door | freedom of access.; "he maintained an open door for all employees" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. door | a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road).; "the office next door"; "they live two doors up the street from us" |
| ~ structure, construction | a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. door | a room that is entered via a door.; "his office is the third door down the hall on the left" |
| ~ room | an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling.; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" |
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| n. (time) | 1. close, conclusion, finale, finis, finish, last, stopping point | 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" |
| ~ end, ending | the point in time at which something ends.; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period" |
| n. (communication) | 2. close, closing, conclusion, end, ending | the last section of a communication.; "in conclusion I want to say..." |
| ~ anticlimax, bathos | a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one. |
| ~ section, subdivision | a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical).; "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" |
| ~ epilog, epilogue | a short passage added at the end of a literary work.; "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters" |
| ~ epilog, epilogue | a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play. |
| ~ peroration | (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration.; "he summarized his main points in his peroration" |
| ~ coda, finale | the closing section of a musical composition. |
| ~ recital, yarn, narration | the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events.; "his narration was hesitant" |
| ~ speech, address | the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience.; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets" |
| n. (act) | 3. close, closing curtain, finale, finis | the concluding part of any performance. |
| ~ finishing, finish | the act of finishing.; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause" |
| v. (contact) | 4. close, shut | move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut.; "Close the door"; "shut the window" |
| ~ snap | close with a snapping motion.; "The lock snapped shut" |
| ~ slat | close the slats of (windows). |
| ~ slam, bang | close violently.; "He slammed the door shut" |
| ~ shutter | close with shutters.; "We shuttered the window to keep the house cool" |
| ~ draw | move or pull so as to cover or uncover something.; "draw the shades"; "draw the curtains" |
| ~ roll up | close (a car window) by causing it to move up, as with a handle.; "she rolled up the window when it started to rain" |
| ~ bung | close with a cork or stopper. |
| ~ close, shut | become closed.; "The windows closed with a loud bang" |
| ~ close, shut | become closed.; "The windows closed with a loud bang" |
| ~ seal, seal off | make tight; secure against leakage.; "seal the windows" |
| v. (contact) | 5. close, shut | become closed.; "The windows closed with a loud bang" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ close, shut | move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut.; "Close the door"; "shut the window" |
| v. (social) | 6. close, close down, close up, fold, shut down | 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" |
| ~ adjourn, retire, withdraw | break from a meeting or gathering.; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" |
| v. (social) | 7. close | finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.).; "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board" |
| ~ terminate, end | bring to an end or halt.; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
| v. (stative) | 8. close, conclude | come to a close.; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin" |
| ~ end, cease, terminate, finish, stop | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" |
| v. (communication) | 9. close | complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement.; "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building" |
| ~ terminate, end | bring to an end or halt.; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
| v. (stative) | 10. close | be priced or listed when trading stops.; "The stock market closed high this Friday"; "My new stocks closed at $59 last night" |
| ~ trade | be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.; "The stock traded around $20 a share" |
| v. (social) | 11. close | engage at close quarters.; "close with the enemy" |
| ~ engage, pursue, prosecute | carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in.; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion" |
| v. (perception) | 12. close | cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop. |
| ~ end, terminate | be the end of; be the last or concluding part of.; "This sad scene ended the movie" |
| v. (motion) | 13. close | change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact. |
| ~ ball game, ballgame | a field game played with a ball (especially baseball). |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (motion) | 14. close, come together | come together, as if in an embrace.; "Her arms closed around her long lost relative" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (motion) | 15. close | draw near.; "The probe closed with the space station" |
| ~ approach, draw near, near, come near, come on, draw close, go up | move towards.; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" |
| v. (contact) | 16. close | bring together all the elements or parts of.; "Management closed ranks" |
| ~ bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| v. (contact) | 17. close | bar access to.; "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours" |
| ~ barricade, block, block up, bar, block off, blockade, stop | render unsuitable for passage.; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" |
| v. (contact) | 18. close, fill up | fill or stop up.; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?" |
| ~ fill | plug with a substance.; "fill a cavity" |
| ~ seal | close with or as if with a seal.; "She sealed the letter with hot wax" |
| ~ plug, stop up, secure | fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug.; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak" |
| ~ coapt, conglutinate | cause to adhere.; "The wounds were coapted" |
| v. (contact) | 19. close, close up | unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of.; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella" |
| ~ bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| v. (change) | 20. close | finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead.; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning" |
| ~ complete, finish | come or bring to a finish or an end.; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours" |
| adj. | 21. close | 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" |
| ~ adjacent, side by side, next | nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space.; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side" |
| ~ ambient | completely enveloping.; "the ambient air"; "ambient sound"; "the ambient temperature" |
| ~ adpressed, appressed | pressed close to or lying flat against something.; "adpressed hairs along the plant's stem"; "igneous rocks...closely appressed by this force" |
| ~ close together, approximate | located close together.; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united" |
| ~ imminent, impendent, impending, at hand, close at hand | close in time; about to occur.; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement" |
| ~ at hand, close at hand | close in space; within reach.; "the town is close at hand" |
| ~ close-hauled | having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible. |
| ~ close-set, close set | set close together.; "close-set eyes"; "close-set teeth"; "her eyes are close set" |
| ~ contiguous, immediate | very close or connected in space or time.; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past" |
| ~ circumferent, surrounding, encompassing | closely encircling.; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside" |
| ~ enveloping | surrounding and closing in on or hemming in.; "the army's enveloping maneuver" |
| ~ hand-to-hand | being at close quarters.; "hand-to-hand fighting" |
| ~ juxtaposed | placed side by side often for comparison.; "juxtaposed pictures" |
| ~ nestled, snuggled | drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection.; "saw a number of small houses nestled against the hillside"; "like a baby snuggled in its mother's arms" |
| ~ proximate | very close in space or time.; "proximate words"; "proximate houses" |
| ~ scalelike | reduced to a small appressed thing that resembles a scale.; "scalelike leaves" |
| ~ walk-to, walking | close enough to be walked to.; "walking distance"; "the factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory" |
| adj. | 22. close | close in relevance or relationship.; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance" |
| ~ approximate, near | very close in resemblance.; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness" |
| ~ boon | very close and convivial.; "boon companions" |
| ~ buddy-buddy, chummy, thick | (used informally) associated on close terms.; "a close friend"; "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers"; "the two were thick as thieves for months" |
| ~ close-knit, closely knit | held together as by social or cultural ties.; "a close-knit family"; "close-knit little villages"; "the group was closely knit" |
| ~ confidential | denoting confidence or intimacy.; "a confidential approach"; "in confidential tone of voice" |
| ~ cozy | suggesting connivance.; "a cozy arrangement with the police" |
| ~ dear, near, good | with or in a close or intimate relationship.; "a good friend"; "my sisters and brothers are near and dear" |
| ~ intimate, familiar | having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship.; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders" |
| ~ intimate | marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity.; "intimate friend"; "intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles" |
| adj. | 23. close, near, nigh | 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" |
| ~ adjacent | near or close to but not necessarily touching.; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities" |
| ~ nearby | close at hand.; "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus" |
| ~ warm | of a seeker; near to the object sought.; "you're getting warm"; "hot on the trail" |
| ~ hot | of a seeker; very near to the object sought.; "you are hot" |
| adj. | 24. close | rigorously attentive; strict and thorough.; "close supervision"; "paid close attention"; "a close study"; "kept a close watch on expenditures" |
| ~ careful | exercising caution or showing care or attention.; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior" |
| adj. | 25. close, faithful | marked by fidelity to an original.; "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts" |
| ~ accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy.; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale" |
| adj. | 26. close, tight | (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched.; "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game" |
| ~ equal | having the same quantity, value, or measure as another.; "on equal terms"; "all men are equal before the law" |
| adj. | 27. close, confining | crowded.; "close quarters" |
| ~ confined | not free to move about. |
| adj. | 28. airless, close, stuffy, unaired | lacking fresh air.; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke" |
| ~ unventilated | not ventilated.; "stuffy unventilated rooms" |
| adj. | 29. close, tight | of textiles.; "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very tight weave" |
| ~ fine | of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles.; "wood with a fine grain"; "fine powdery snow"; "fine rain"; "batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave"; "covered with a fine film of dust" |
| adj. | 30. close | strictly confined or guarded.; "kept under close custody" |
| ~ restrained | under restraint. |
| adj. | 31. close | confined to specific persons.; "a close secret" |
| ~ private | confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy.; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life" |
| adj. | 32. close, close-fitting, snug | fitting closely but comfortably.; "a close fit" |
| ~ tight | closely constrained or constricted or constricting.; "tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars"; "fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his chest" |
| adj. | 33. close | used of hair or haircuts.; "a close military haircut" |
| ~ short | (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length.; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss" |
| adj. | 34. cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny | giving or spending with reluctance.; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man" |
| ~ stingy, ungenerous | unwilling to spend.; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" |
| adj. | 35. close, closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped | inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information.; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it" |
| ~ incommunicative, uncommunicative | not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions. |
| adv. | 36. close, near, nigh | near in time or place or relationship.; "as the wedding day drew near"; "stood near the door"; "don't shoot until they come near"; "getting near to the true explanation"; "her mother is always near"; "The end draws nigh"; "the bullet didn't come close"; "don't get too close to the fire" |
| adv. | 37. close, closely, tight | in an attentive manner.; "he remained close on his guard" |
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| v. (social) | 1. exclude, keep out, shut, shut out | 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" |
| ~ excommunicate, unchurch, curse | exclude from a church or a religious community.; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner" |
| ~ lock out | prevent employees from working during a strike. |
| ~ prevent, keep | stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state.; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles" |
| ~ ostracise, ostracize | avoid speaking to or dealing with.; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me" |
| adj. | 2. closed, shut, unopen | not open.; "the door slammed shut" |
| ~ closed | not open or affording passage or access.; "the many closed streets made travel difficult"; "our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains" |
| adj. | 3. closed, shut | used especially of mouth or eyes.; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight" |
| ~ blinking, winking | closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly.; "he stood blinking in the bright sunlight" |
| ~ compressed, tight | pressed tightly together.; "with lips compressed" |
| ~ squinched, squinting | having eyes half closed in order to see better.; "squinched eyes" |
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