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Shut vs. Shuttered — What's the Difference?

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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