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| 1. | [ adjective ] not open or affording passage or access | |
| Examples: | "the many closed streets made travel difficult" "our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains" |
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| Related terms: | open drawn blocked blind stoppered nonopening shut sealed obstructed | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (mathematics) of a curve or surface; having no end points or boundary curves; of a set; having members that can be produced by a specific operation on other members of the same set; of an interval; containing both its endpoints | |
| Related terms: | open mathematics | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] not open | |
| Synonyms: | shut unopen | |
| Examples: | "the door slammed shut" |
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| Related terms: | open | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] used especially of mouth or eyes | |
| Synonyms: | shut | |
| Examples: | "he sat quietly with closed eyes" "his eyes were shut against the sunlight" |
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| Related terms: | open compressed squinched blinking | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] requiring union membership | |
| Examples: | "a closed shop" |
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| Related terms: | union | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] not having an open mind | |
| Synonyms: | unsympathetic | |
| Examples: | "a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas" |
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| Related terms: | unreceptive | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] with shutters closed | |
| Related terms: | shuttered | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] not open to the general public | |
| Examples: | "a closed meeting" |
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| Related terms: | restricted | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] (of the wings of birds and insects) closed together | |
| Related terms: | folded | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] blocked against entry | |
| Synonyms: | closed_in | |
| Examples: | "a closed porch" |
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| Related terms: | enclosed | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] shut down | |
| Examples: | "the airport is closed because of the weather" "the many closed shops and factories made the town look deserted" |
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| Related terms: | inactive | |
| Similar spelling: |
closedown closed_in clustered closet clyster cluster closeout close_to clogged cloaked cliched clast close_out |
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