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Verb (used with object)
Verb (used without object)
Adjective
being in or having proximity in space or time
- The barn is so close to the house that you can hear the animals. His birthday is in May, close to mine.
(of a haircut or shave, the mowing of a lawn, etc.) so executed that the hair, grass, or the like is left flush with the surface or very short.
(of a delimiting punctuation mark) occurring at the end of a group of words or characters that is set off, as from surrounding text
Noun
Verb phrases
close down,
- to terminate the operation of; discontinue
- to close down an air base because of budget cuts.
- to attempt to control or eliminate
- The city must close down drug traffic.
close in on or upon,
- to approach so as to capture, attack, arrest, etc.
- The hoodlums closed in on their victim.
- to surround or envelop so as to entrap
- a feeling that the room was closing in upon her.
Idioms
close ranks, to unite forces, esp. by overlooking petty differences, in order to deal with an adverse or challenging situation; to join together in a show of unity
- esp. to the public
- When the newspaper story broke suggesting possible corruption in the government, the politicians all closed ranks.
Synonyms
noun
- chumminess , companionship , comradeship , familiarity , fellowship , intimacy , adjacency , compactness , density , illiberality , nearness , parsimony , penuriousness , propinquity , proximity , reticence , secrecy , secretiveness , stinginess , strictness
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