Open English Wordnet
Nouns
Verbs
(v)close, shutmove so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut“Close the door”,
“shut the window” (v)close, shutbecome closed“The windows closed with a loud bang” (v)close up, close, fold, shut down, close downcease to operate or cause to cease operating“The owners decided to move and to close the factory”,
“My business closes every night at 8 P.M.”,
“close up the shop” (v)closefinish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)“The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board” (v)conclude, closecome to a close“The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin” (v)closecomplete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement“We closed on the house on Friday”,
“They closed the deal on the building” (v)closebe priced or listed when trading stops“The stock market closed high this Friday”,
“My new stocks closed at $59 last night” (v)closeengage at close quarters“close with the enemy” (v)closecause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop (v)closechange one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact (v)close, come togethercome together, as if in an embrace“Her arms closed around her long lost relative” (v)closedraw near“The probe closed with the space station” (v)closebring together all the elements or parts of“Management closed ranks” (v)closebar access to“Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours” (v)close, fill upfill or stop up“Can you close the cracks with caulking?” (v)close up, closeunite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of“close the circuit”,
“close a wound”,
“close a book”,
“close up an umbrella” (v)closefinish a game in baseball by protecting a lead“The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning” Adjectives
(a)closeat or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other“close to noon”,
“how close are we to town?”,
“a close formation of ships” (a)closeclose in relevance or relationship“a close family”,
“we are all … in close sympathy with …”,
“close kin”,
“a close resemblance” (a)near, close, nighnot far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances“near neighbors”,
“in the near future”,
“they are near equals”,
“his nearest approach to success”,
“a very near thing”,
“a near hit by the bomb”,
“she was near tears”,
“she was close to tears”,
“had a close call” (s)closerigorously attentive; strict and thorough“close supervision”,
“paid close attention”,
“a close study”,
“kept a close watch on expenditures” (s)close, faithfulmarked by fidelity to an original“a close translation”,
“a faithful copy of the portrait”,
“a faithful rendering of the observed facts” (s)close, tight(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched“a close contest”,
“a close election”,
“a tight game” (s)airless, close, stuffy, unairedlacking fresh air“a dusty airless attic”,
“the dreadfully close atmosphere”,
“hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke” (s)close, tightof textiles“a close weave”,
“smooth percale with a very tight weave” (s)closestrictly confined or guarded“kept under close custody” (s)closeconfined to specific persons“a close secret” (s)closeused of hair or haircuts“a close military haircut” Adverbs
(r)near, nigh, closenear in time or place or relationship“as the wedding day drew near”,
“stood near the door”,
“don't shoot until they come near”,
“getting near to the true explanation”,
“her mother is always near”,
“The end draws nigh”,
“the bullet didn't come close”,
“don't get too close to the fire”