closed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kləʊzd/
ipa: /kloʊzd/
rhymes: -əʊzd
Senses: examples: text: A closed and locked door prevented my escape.
text: The channel was closed as a result of thick ice.
glosses: Physically obstructed, sealed, etc.
Made impassable.
examples: text: Her eyes were tightly closed.
text: Keep this box closed at all times.
text: When the top sheet, blanket, and bedspread of a closed bed are turned back, or fanfolded, the closed bed becomes an open bed, or a bed ready to receive a patient or resident.
ref: 2005, Pamela J. Carter, Susan Lewsen, Lippincott's Textbook for Nursing Assistants, page 277:
glosses: Physically obstructed, sealed, etc.
Sealed or covered.
examples: text: A book lay closed on the table.
text: a closed fist
glosses: Physically obstructed, sealed, etc.
Physically drawn together, folded or contracted.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Physically obstructed, sealed, etc.
In a position preventing fluid from flowing.
qualifier: gas and liquid flow
raw_tags: of valve or damper
examples: text: Phone lines are now closed.
glosses: Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
Not available for use or operation.
examples: text: Banks are closed on bank holidays.
glosses: Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
Not operating or conducting trade.
raw_tags: of a store or business
examples: text: The museum is closed for the Christmas holidays.
glosses: Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
Not allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
examples: text: He is closed to new ideas.
glosses: Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
Not receptive.
examples: text: closed source  a closed committee  The bill is being considered by the committee in closed session.
glosses: Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
Not public.
glosses: Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
Of a competition or tournament: with the competitors restricted to a specific group, such as professionals, amateurs, members or residents.
examples: text: Make sure that all files are closed before you switch off the computer.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
Not in current use; not connected to as a resource.
qualifier: document
raw_tags: of a file
examples: text: This subject is now closed.
glosses: Completed, finalised.
Settled; decided or determined; withdrawn from consideration.
examples: text: a closed curve, a closed circuit
glosses: Completed, finalised.
Having one end joined to the other, forming a completed loop.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Completed, finalised.
In a position allowing electricity to flow.
raw_tags: of a switch or circuit breaker
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Completed, finalised.
Whose first and last vertices are the same, forming a closed loop.
raw_tags: of a walk
topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: Having an open complement.
raw_tags: of a set
examples: text: The set of integers is closed under addition: #92;forallx,y#92;in#92;mathbb#123;Z#125;#92;,x#43;y#92;in#92;mathbb#123;Z#125;.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it.
raw_tags: of a set
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Lacking a free variable.
raw_tags: of a formula
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Formed by closing the mouth and nose passages completely, like the consonants /t/, /d/, and /p/.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Having the sound cut off sharply by a following consonant, like the /ɪ/ in pin.
glosses: Having component words joined together without spaces or hyphens; for example, timeslot as opposed to time slot or time-slot.
raw_tags: of a multi-word compound
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Synonym of close.
synonyms: word: close
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Of a club, bat or other hitting implement; angled downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
Synonyms: english: many senses
translation: many senses
word: shut
Derived terms: a closed mouth catches no flies
a closed mouth doesn't get fed
a closed mouth gathers no feet
algebraically closed
behind closed doors
bicartesian closed category
biclosed
Cartesian closed category
case closed
clopen
closed adoption
closed assembly time
closed-back
closed ball
closed beta
closed book
closed-book
closed campus
closed caption
closed-captioned
closed captioning
closed casket
closed circuit
closed-circuit
closed-circuit television
closed circulatory system
closed city
closed class
closed comedo
closed comedone
closed compound
closed-concept
closed currency
closed curve
closed cut valley
closed-cut valley
closed door
closed e
closed-ear
closed-eared
closed-end fund
closed feedwater heater
closed file
closed form
closed formula
closed interval
closed loop
closed matte
closedminded
closed-minded
closed-mindedly
closed-mindedness
closedness
closed o
closed order
closed period
closed question
closed season
closed set
closed shop
closed-source
closed species
closed syllable
closed system
closed timelike curve
closed time loop
closed-toe
closed town
closed visit
coclosed
demiclosed
fail closed
integrally closed
nonclosed
open-closed principle
pluriclosed
regular closed
semiclosed
semi-closed game
unclosed
with closed doors
with one's eyes closed
Related terms: close