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Etymology 1

From Middle English closen (“to close, enclose”), partly continuing (in altered form) earlier Middle English clusen (“to close”) (from Old English cl?san (“to close, shut”); compare beclose, foreclose, etc.), and partly derived from Middle English clos (“close, shut up, confined, secret”, adjective), from Old French clos (“close, confined”, adjective), from Latin clausus (“shut up”, past participle), from claudere (“to bar, block, close, enclose, bring an end to, confine”), from Proto-Indo-European *kl?w- (“key, hook, nail”), related to Latin cl?vis (“key, deadbolt, bar”), cl?vus (“nail, peg”), claustrum (“bar, bolt, barrier”), claustra (“dam, wall, barricade, stronghold”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (kleís, “bar, bolt, key”), German schließen (“to close, conclude, lock”), Dutch sluiten (“to close, conclude, lock”). Partially replaced Old English l?can (“to close, lock, enclose”), (whence English lock).

Verb

close (third-person singular simple present closes, present participle closing, simple past and past participle closed)

  1. (physical) To remove a gap.
    1. To obstruct (an opening).
    2. To move so that an opening is closed.
    3. To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.
    4. To grapple; to engage in close combat.
  2. (social) To finish, to terminate.
    1. To put an end to; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to consummate.
    2. To come to an end.
    3. (marketing) To make a sale.
    4. (baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
    5. (figuratively, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
  3. To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
  4. (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
Noun

close (plural closes)

  1. An end or conclusion.
  2. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
  3. A grapple in wrestling.
  4. (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
  5. (music) A double bar marking the end.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French clos, from Latin clausum, participle of claud?.

Adjective

close (comparative closer, superlative closest)

  1. (now rare) Closed, shut.
  2. Narrow; confined.
  3. At a little distance; near.
  4. Intimate; well-loved.
    1. (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
  5. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
  6. (Ireland, England, Scotland, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
  7. (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
  8. Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
  9. (obsolete) Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
  10. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
  11. Short.
  12. (archaic) Dense; solid; compact.
  13. (archaic) Concise; to the point.
  14. (dated) Difficult to obtain.
  15. (dated) Parsimonious; stingy.
  16. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
  17. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
  18. Marked, evident.
Noun

close (plural closes)

  1. (now rare) An enclosed field.
  2. (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
  3. (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
  4. (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
  5. A cathedral close.
  6. (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed.

Results 373 Words with the letters CLOSE

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8 letter words with the letters CLOSE 
7 letter words with the letters CLOSE 
6 letter words with the letters CLOSE 
CELLOS 11
CELOMS 13
CEORLS 10
CLONES 11
CLOSED 11
CLOSER 10
CLOSES 10
CLOSET 10
CLOVES 14
CLOZES 19
COBLES 13
COLEUS 11
COLIES 10
CRESOL 10
LOCOES 10
OSCULE 11
SCOLEX 17
SOCLES 10
SOLACE 10
5 letter words with the letters CLOSE 
4 letter words with the letters CLOSE 
CELS 8
COLE 8
COLS 8
LOSE 5
OLES 5
SLOE 5
SOLE 5
3 letter words with the letters CLOSE 
CEL 7
COL 7
COS 6
ELS 4
OES 3
OLE 4
OSE 3
SEC 6
SEL 4
SOL 4
2 letter words with the letters CLOSE 
EL 3
ES 2
LO 3
OE 2
OS 2
SO 2

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