Shut vs. Shuttered — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Shut and Shuttered
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Shut
To move (a door or lid, for example) so as to block passage through an opening.
Shuttered
A hinged cover or screen for a window, usually fitted with louvers.
Shut
To fasten with a lock, catch, or latch
Shut the cabinet.
Shuttered
A mechanical device of a camera that controls the duration of a photographic exposure, as by opening and closing to allow light coming through the lens to expose a plate or film.
Shut
To block entrance to or exit from; close
Shut a corridor.
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Shuttered
Shutters(Music) The movable louvers on a pipe organ, controlled by pedals, that open and close the swell box.
Shut
To confine in a closed space
Shut them in a cage.
Shuttered
To furnish or close with shutters
Locked the doors and shuttered the windows.
Shut
To exclude from a closed space
Shut the cats out of the house.
Shuttered
To cause to cease operations; close down
Shuttered the store for the holiday.
Shut
To fold up or bring together the parts of
Shut the book.
Shuttered
Simple past tense and past participle of shutter
Shut
To cause to stop operating
Shut down a restaurant.
A school that was shut for the vacation.
Shuttered
Furnished with shutters.
Shut
To move or become moved so as to block passage; close
A door that shuts by itself.
Shuttered
Provided with shutters or shutters as specified; often used in combination;
A church with a shuttered belfry and spire
Green-shuttered cottages
Shut
To stop operating, especially automatically
The electricity shuts off at midnight.
Shut
The act or time of shutting.
Shut
The line of connection between welded pieces of metal.
Shut
(transitive) To close, to stop from being open.
Please shut the door.
The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes.
Shut
(intransitive) To close, to stop being open.
If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut.
Shut
To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.
The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.
Shut
(transitive) To confine in an enclosed area.
I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out.
Shut
(transitive) To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.
He's just gone and shut his finger in the door!
Shut
To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
Shut
Closed; not open.
A shut door barred our way into the house.
Shut
Synonym of close
Shut
The act or time of shutting; close.
The shut of a door
Shut
A door or cover; a shutter.
Shut
The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.
Shut
A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.
Shut
To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.
Shut
To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade.
Shall that be shut to man which to the beastIs open?
Shut
To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
Shut
To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book.
Before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
When the scene of life is shut up, the slave will be above his master if he has acted better.
Shut
To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.
Shut
Closed or fastened; as, a shut door.
Shut
Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person.
Shut
Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g.
Shut
The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.
Just then returned at shut of evening flowers.
Shut
A door or cover; a shutter.
Shut
The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.
Shut
Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut;
Close the door
Shut the window
Shut
Become closed;
The windows closed with a loud bang
Shut
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
Shut
Not open;
The door slammed shut
Shut
Used especially of mouth or eyes;
He sat quietly with closed eyes
His eyes were shut against the sunlight
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