2. To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut
the ports of a country by a blockade.
Shall that be shut to man which to the beast Is
open? --Milton.
3. To preclude; to exclude; to bar out. ``Shut from every
shore.'' --Dryden.
4. To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close
by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to
shut a book.
{To shut in}.
(a) To inclose; to confine. ``The Lord shut him in.''
--Cen. vii. 16.
(b) To cover or intercept the view of; as, one point shuts
in another.
{To shut off}.
(a) To exclude.
(b) To prevent the passage of, as steam through a pipe, or
water through a flume, by closing a cock, valve, or
gate.
{To shut out}, to preclude from entering; to deny admission
to; to exclude; as, to shut out rain by a tight roof.
{To shut together}, to unite; to close, especially to close
by welding.
{To shut up}.
(a) To close; to make fast the entrances into; as, to shut
up a house.
(b) To obstruct. ``Dangerous rocks shut up the passage.''
--Sir W. Raleigh.
(c) To inclose; to confine; to imprison; to fasten in; as,
to shut up a prisoner.
Before faith came, we were kept under the law,
shut up unto the faith which should afterwards
be revealed. --Gal. iii.
23.
(d) To end; to terminate; to conclude.
When the scene of life is shut up, the slave
will be above his master if he has acted better.
--Collier.
(e) To unite, as two pieces of metal by welding.
(f) To cause to become silent by authority, argument, or
force.