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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)
- (physical) To remove a gap.
- To obstruct (an opening).
- To move so that an opening is closed.
- To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- (social) To finish, to terminate.
- To put an end to; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to consummate.
- To come to an end.
- (marketing) To make a sale.
- (baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- (figuratively, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
Noun
close (plural closes)
- An end or conclusion.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- A grapple in wrestling.
- (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- (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)
- (now rare) Closed, shut.
- Narrow; confined.
- At a little distance; near.
- Intimate; well-loved.
- (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- (Ireland, England, Scotland, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- (obsolete) Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
- Short.
- (archaic) Dense; solid; compact.
- (archaic) Concise; to the point.
- (dated) Difficult to obtain.
- (dated) Parsimonious; stingy.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
- Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
- Marked, evident.
Noun
close (plural closes)
- (now rare) An enclosed field.
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
- A cathedral close.
- (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed.
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