What is the meaning of closed?

verb

  • Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut.
    • usage: "Close the door"; "shut the window"
  • Become closed.
    • usage: "The windows closed with a loud bang"
  • Cease to operate or cause to cease operating.
    • usage: "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P. M."; "close up the shop"
  • Finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.. )
    • usage: "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board"
  • Come to a close.
    • usage: "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin"
  • Complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement.
    • usage: "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building"
  • Be priced or listed when trading stops.
    • usage: "The stock market closed high this Friday"; "My new stocks closed at $59 last night"
  • Engage at close quarters.
    • usage: "close with the enemy"
  • Cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop.
  • Change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact.
  • Come together, as if in an embrace.
    • usage: "Her arms closed around her long lost relative"
  • Draw near.
    • usage: "The probe closed with the space station"
  • Bring together all the elements or parts of.
    • usage: "Management closed ranks"
  • Bar access to.
    • usage: "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours"
  • Fill or stop up.
    • usage: "Can you close the cracks with caulking"
  • Unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of.
    • usage: "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella"
  • Finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead.
    • usage: "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning"

adjective

  • Not open or affording passage or access.
    • usage: "the many closed streets made travel difficult"; "our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains"
  • Set theory. ( of an interval that contains both its endpoints)
  • Not open.
    • usage: "the door slammed shut"
  • Used especially of mouth or eyes.
    • usage: "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight"
  • Requiring union membership.
    • usage: "a closed shop"
  • With shutters closed.
  • Not open to the general public.
    • usage: "a closed meeting"
  • Not having an open mind.
    • usage: "a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas"
  • Blocked against entry.
    • usage: "a closed porch"
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APAWordNet. (2010). closed. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/closed/definitions/1170846
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "closed" http://smartdefine.org/closed/definitions/1170846 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, closed, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/closed/definitions/1170846>.
MLAWordNet. "closed" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/closed/definitions/1170846>
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