Meaning of close in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• An end or conclusion.

  Example: We owe them our thanks for bringing the project to a successful close.

• The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.

• A grapple in wrestling.

• The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.

• A double bar marking the end.

• (travel) The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.

verb

• (physical) To remove a gap.

• (social) To finish, to terminate.

• To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.

• To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.

noun

• (chiefly Yorkshire) An enclosed field.

• (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.

• A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.

• The common staircase in a tenement.

• A cathedral close.

• The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed.

adjective

• Closed, shut.

• Narrow; confined.

  Example: a close alley; close quarters

• At a little distance; near.

  Example: Is your house close?

• Intimate; well-loved.

  Example: He is a close friend.

• Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.

• (Ireland, England, Scotland) Hot, humid, with no wind.

• (of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.

• Strictly confined; carefully guarded.

  Example: a close prisoner

• Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.

• Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.

  Example: a close contest

• Short.

  Example: to cut grass or hair close

• Dense; solid; compact.

• Concise; to the point.

  Example: close reasoning

• Difficult to obtain.

  Example: Money is close.

• Parsimonious; stingy.

• Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.

  Example: a close translation

• Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.

  Example: The patient was kept under close observation.

• Marked, evident.