of 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.-to forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade.-to preclude; to exclude; to bar out.-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.-to close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.-closed or fastened; as, a shut door.-rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person.-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.-cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the english short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are.-the act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.-a door or cover; a shutter.-the line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.