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Webster's English Dictionary

close

v. t. [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. ()

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 To close 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. ()

n. 1. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction. ()

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.) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence. ()

At every close she made, the attending throng Replied, and bore the burden of the song. (Dryden.)

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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. (Halliwell)

3. (Law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not inclosed. (Bouvier.)

a. [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. (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. (1 Chron. xii. 1)

Her close intent. (Spenser.)

6. Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent. (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. (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. (Prescott.)

13. Difficult to obtain; as, money is close. (Bartlett.)

14. Parsimonious; stingy. (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. ()

adv. 1. In a close manner. ()

2. Secretly; darkly. ()

A wondrous vision which did close imply The course of all her fortune and posterity. (Spenser.)