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English to English adverb
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very close |  | Example: without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up
even firing at close range he missed
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cease to operate or cause to cease operating | | Example: The owners decided to move and to close the factory
My business closes every night at 8 P.M.
close up the shop
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block passage through | | Example: obstruct the path
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unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of | | Example: close the circuit
close a wound
close a book
close up an umbrella
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refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent | | Example: The children shut up when their father approached
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