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1. To shut; to make fast, by pressing together, or by stopping an open place, so as to intercept a passage, in almost any manner; as, to close the eyes; to close a gate, door or window. In these and other cases, closing is performed by bringing an object before the opening. To close a book, is to bring the parts together.
The Lord hath closed your eyes. Isaiah 29.
He closed the book. Luke 4.
2. To end; to finish; to conclude; to complete; to bring to a period; as, to close a bargain, or contract.
3. To unite, as the parts of a breach or fracture; to make whole; to consolidate; often followed by up.
The Lord closed up the flesh instead thereof. Genesis 2.
4. To cover; to inclose; to encompass; to overwhelm.
The depths closed me round about. JoNahum 2.
6. To move or bring together; to unite separate bodies or parts; as, to close the ranks of an army.
CLOSE, v.i. s as z.
1. To unite; to coalesce; to come together; as the parts of a wound or fracture, or parts separated; often followed by on or upon.
The fat closed upon the blade. Judges 3.
The earth closed upon them. Numbers 16.
2. To end; to terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six oclock.
To close on or upon, to come to a mutual agreement; to agree on or join in.
France and Holland might close upon some measures to our disadvantage.
To close with, to accede to; to consent or agree to; as, to close with the terms proposed. When followed by the person with whom an agreement is made, to make an agreement with; to unite with; as, to close with an enemy.
In this sense, to close in with is less elegant.
To close in with, To unite; to join closely; to grapple, as persons in a contest; applied to wrestlers, when they come to close embrace for scuffling.
1. Shut fast; tight; made fast, so as to have no opening; as a close box; a close vizard.
2. Having parts firmly united; compact; dense; applied to solid substances of any king; as the close texture of wood or metal.
3. Having parts firmly adhering; viscous; tenacious; as oil, or glue.
4. Confined; stagnant; without ventilation or motion; as close air.
While David kept himself close. 1 Chronicles 12.
6. Hid; private; secret; as, to keep a purpose close. Numbers 5. Luke 9.
7. Confined within narrow limits; narrow; as a close alley.
8. Near; within a small distance; as a close fight or action.
9. Joined; in contact or nearly so; crowded; as, to sit close.
10. Compressed, as thoughts or words; hence, brief; concise; opposed to loose or diffuse.
Where the original is close, no version can reach it in the same compass.
11. Very near, in place or time; adjoining, or nearly so.
I saw him come close to the ram. Daniel 8.
They sailed close by Crete. Acts 27.
13. Having an appearance of concealment; implying art, craft or wariness; as a close aspect.
14. Intent; fixed; attentive; pressing upon the object; as, to give close attention.
Keep your mind or thoughts close to the business or subject.
15. Full to the point; home; pressing; as a close argument; bring the argument close to the question.
16. Pressing; earnest; warm; as a close debate.
17. Confined; secluded from communication; as a close prisoner.
18. Covetous; penurious; not liberal; as a close man.
19. Applied to the weather or air, close, in popular language, denotes warm and damp, cloudy or foggy, or warm and relaxing, occasioning a sense of lassitude and depression. Perhaps originally, confined air.
20. Strictly adhering to the original; as a close translation.
21. In heraldry, drawn in a coat of arms with the wings close, and in a standing posture.
Close communion, with baptists, communion in the Lords supper with their own sect only.
Close election, an election in which the votes for different candidates are nearly equal.
CLOSE, adv. Closely; nearly; densely; secretly; pressingly.
Behind her death close followed, pace for pace.
4: rigorously attentive; strict and thorough; "close supervision"; "paid close attention"; "a close study"; "kept a close watch on expenditures"
10: strictly confined or guarded; "kept under close custody"
11: confined to specific persons; "a close secret"
13: used of hair or haircuts; "a close military haircut"
6: complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement; "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building"
7: be priced or listed when trading stops; "The stock market closed high this Friday"; "My new stocks closed at $59 last night"
8: engage at close quarters; "close with the enemy"
12: draw near; "The probe closed with the space station"
13: bring together all the elements or parts of; "Management closed ranks"
14: bar access to; "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours"
U.S. actress. Born in Greenwich, Conn., she made her Broadway debut in 1974, and later starred in Barnum (1980), The Real Thing (1984, Tony award), and Death and the Maiden (1992, Tony award). Her film debut in The World According to Garp (1982) was followed by roles in films such as The Natural (1984), Fatal Attraction (1987), Dangerous Liaisons (1989), and Paradise Road (1997). She returned to Broadway in Sunset Boulevard (1995, Tony award).
Close Close, v. i. 1. To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound, or parts separated. What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? --Byron. 2. To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock. 3. To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight. They boldly closed in a hand-to-hand contest. --Prescott. To close on or upon, to come to a mutual agreement; to agree on or join in. ``Would induce France and Holland to close upon some measures between them to our disadvantage.'' --Sir W. Temple. To close with. (a) To accede to; to consent or agree to; as, to close with the terms proposed. (b) To make an agreement with. To close with the land (Naut.), to approach the land.
Close Close (? or ?), n. [OF. & F. clos an inclosure, fr. clos, p. p. of clore. See Close, v. t.] 1. An inclosed place; especially, a small field or piece of land surrounded by a wall, hedge, or fence of any kind; -- specifically, the precinct of a cathedral or abbey. Closes surrounded by the venerable abodes of deans and canons. --Macaulay. 2. A narrow passage leading from a street to a court, and the houses within. [Eng.] --Halliwell 3. (Law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not inclosed. --Bouvier.
Close Close, a. [Compar. Closer; superl. Closest.] [Of. & F. clos, p. p. of clore. See Close, v. t.] 1. Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box. From a close bower this dainty music flowed. --Dryden. 2. Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters. ``A close prison.'' --Dickens. 3. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc. If the rooms be low-roofed, or full of windows and doors, the one maketh the air close, . . . and the other maketh it exceeding unequal. --Bacon. 4. Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close prisoner. 5. Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden. ``He yet kept himself close because of Saul.'' --1 Chron. xii. 1 ``Her close intent.'' --Spenser. 6. Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent. ``For servecy, no lady closer.'' --Shak. 7. Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to liquids. The golden globe being put into a press, . . . the water made itself way through the pores of that very close metal. --Locke. 8. Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning. ``Where the original is close no version can reach it in the same compass.'' --Dryden. 9. Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; -- often followed by to. Plant the spring crocuses close to a wall. --Mortimer. The thought of the Man of sorrows seemed a very close thing -- not a faint hearsay. --G. Eliot. 10. Short; as, to cut grass or hair close. 11. Intimate; familiar; confidential. League with you I seek And mutual amity, so strait, so close, That I with you must dwell, or you with me. --Milton. 12. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote. ``A close contest.'' --Prescott. 13. Difficult to obtain; as, money is close. --Bartlett. 14. Parsimonious; stingy. ``A crusty old fellow, as close as a vise.'' --Hawthorne. 15. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact; strict; as, a close translation. --Locke. 16. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict; not wandering; as, a close observer. 17. (Phon.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open. Close borough. See under Borough. Close breeding. See under Breeding. Close communion, communion in the Lord's supper, restricted to those who have received baptism by immersion. Close corporation, a body or corporation which fills its own vacancies. Close fertilization. (Bot.) See Fertilization. Close harmony (Mus.), compact harmony, in which the tones composing each chord are not widely distributed over several octaves. Close time, a fixed period during which killing game or catching certain fish is prohibited by law. Close vowel (Pron.), a vowel which is pronounced with a diminished aperture of the lips, or with contraction of the cavity of the mouth. Close to the wind (Naut.), directed as nearly to the point from which the wind blows as it is possible to sail; closehauled; -- said of a vessel.
Close Close, n. 1. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction. [Obs.] The doors of plank were; their close exquisite. --Chapman. 2. Conclusion; cessation; ending; end. His long and troubled life was drawing to a close. --Macaulay. 3. A grapple in wrestling. --Bacon. 4. (Mus.) (a) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence. (b) A double bar marking the end. At every close she made, the attending throng Replied, and bore the burden of the song. --Dryden. Syn: Conclusion; termination; cessation; end; ending; extremity; extreme.
Close Close, adv. 1. In a close manner. 2. Secretly; darkly. [Obs.] A wondrous vision which did close imply The course of all her fortune and posterity. --Spenser.
Close Close, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Closed; p. pr. & vb. n. Closing.] [From OF. & F. clos, p. p. of clore to close, fr. L. claudere; akin to G. schliessen to shut, and to E. clot, cloister, clavicle, conclude, sluice. Cf. Clause, n.] 1. To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door. 2. To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up. 3. To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction. One frugal supper did our studies close. --Dryden. 4. To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine. The depth closed me round about. --Jonah ii. 5. But now thou dost thyself immure and close In some one corner of a feeble heart. --Herbert. A closed sea, a sea within the jurisdiction of some particular nation, which controls its navigation.
kloz, klos verb, adjective and adverb, (kacah, caghar; kammuo): Other words are charah, "to burn"; "Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar?" (Jer 22:15 the King James Version), the Revised Version (British and American) "strivest to excel in cedar," margin "viest with the cedar"; atsam, "to harden"; "Yahweh has closed your eyes" (Isa 29:10); gadhar, "to hedge" or "wall up" (Am 9:11); `atsar, "to restrain" (Ge 20:18). In Lu 4:20, ptusso, "to fold up." the Revised Version (British and American) has "was closed," margin "is opened," for "are open" (Nu 24:3,15), "closed" for "narrow" or "covered" (Eze 40:16; 41:16,26). To "keep close," sigao (Lu 9:36), the Revised Version (British and American) "held their peace." We have also "kept close" (the Revised Version (British and American) Nu 5:13; Hebrew cathar, "to hide"); also Job 28:21; "kept himself close," the Revised Version, margin "shut up" (1Ch 12:1); "close places," micgereth (2Sa 22:46; Ps 18:45 = "castles or holds shut in with high walls").
I. v. a. 1. Shut, shut up. 2. Stop, obstruct, choke, stop up, clog. 3. Conclude, finish, terminate, end, cease, complete, bring to a period. II. v. n. 1. Unite, coalesce, come together, be brought together. 2. Terminate, end, be concluded, cease. 3. Grapple, come to close quarters, clinch. 4. Agree, come to terms, accept the offer. III. n. 1. [Pron. cloze.] End, conclusion, termination, cessation. 2. [Pron. close.] Cathedral or abbey precinct. 3. Enclosure, inclosure, inclosed place, yard, grounds. IV. a. 1. Tight, closed, shut fast, confined. 2. Hidden, secret, private. 3. Reserved, taciturn, reticent, secretive, incommunicative. 4. Retired, withdrawn, concealed, secluded, pent up. 5. Confined, stagnant, motionless. 6. Oppressive, uncomfortable. 7. Dense, compact, solid, compressed, firm, thick. 8. Near, approaching nearly, adjoining, adjacent, immediately, neighboring. 9. Intimate, confidential, devoted, strongly attached, dear. 10. Nearly balanced, hard-fought, sharply contested, almost lost. 11. Intense, intent, unremitting, earnest, fixed, assiduous. 12. Faithful, accurate, precise, exact, strict, nice. 13. Parsimonious, stingy, penurious, miserly, niggardly, close-fisted, close-handed, mean, illiberal, ungenerous, churlish, curmudgeonly.
As close as God's curse to a whore's a-se: close as shirt and shitten a-se.

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