| verb | move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut “Close the door” |
| verb | become closed “The windows closed with a loud bang” |
| verb | cease to operate or cause to cease operating “The owners decided to move and to close the factory” |
| verb | finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.) “The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board” |
| verb | come to a close “The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin” |
| verb | complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement “We closed on the house on Friday” |
| verb | be priced or listed when trading stops “The stock market closed high this Friday” |
| verb | engage at close quarters “close with the enemy” |
| verb | cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop |
| verb | change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact |
| verb | come together, as if in an embrace “Her arms closed around her long lost relative” |
| verb | draw near “The probe closed with the space station” |
| verb | bring together all the elements or parts of “Management closed ranks” |
| verb | bar access to “Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours” |
| verb | fill or stop up “Can you close the cracks with caulking?” |
| verb | unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of “close the circuit” |
| verb | finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead “The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning” |
| adjective | not open or affording passage or access “the many closed streets made travel difficult” |
| adjective | (set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints |
| adjective | not open “the door slammed shut” |
| adjective | used especially of mouth or eyes “he sat quietly with closed eyes” |
| adjective | requiring union membership “a closed shop” |
| adjective | with shutters closed |
| adjective | not open to the general public “a closed meeting” |
| adjective | not having an open mind “a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas” |
| adjective | blocked against entry “a closed porch” |
| closure | noun | the act of blocking |
| closing | noun | the act of closing something |
| shutter | noun | a hinged blind for a window |
| shutting | noun | the act of closing something |
| closer | noun | a person who closes something |
| close | noun | the temporal end; the concluding time |
| shutdown | noun | termination of operations |
| closedown | noun | termination of operations |