shutting

Everyday

1. Shutting is closing something, like a door, window, lid or your eyes. tree →
2. Shutting can mean a shop, school or business closing for the day or for ever. tree →
3. Phrases: shutting down (switching off a computer or closing a factory), shutting up (rude: telling someone to stop talking), shutting out (keeping someone or something out). tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life, shops are shutting at 5 o'clock; computers need shutting down properly. In safety, shutting doors can slow a fire from spreading. In stories, "shutting someone out" shows a character excluding others or hiding feelings. "Shut up" is rude; "please be quiet" is polite.

Examples

• Please stop shutting the door so loudly. tree →
• The shop is shutting in ten minutes. tree →
• She was shutting her eyes tight during the scary bit. tree →
• Our library is shutting down for repairs. tree →
• Remember shutting the gate so the dog can't get out. tree →
• He kept shutting his friends out when he was sad. tree →
• Shutting doors at night helps stop fire spreading. tree →
• “Very good,” said the woman, going out and shutting the door. tree →

Note

Double t: shut → shutting. Past tense and past participle are both "shut" (not "shutted"). "Shut up" is rude; say "please be quiet". In the UK "shut" for shops is common; "closed" is more formal.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In Joshua it means closing the city gate at dusk. Rahab uses this to send the king's men away while she hides the spies. In the primary lessons: In everyday life, shops are shutting at 5 o'clock; computers need shutting down properly. In safety, shutting doors can slow a fire from spreading. In stories, "shutting someone out" shows a character excluding others or hiding feelings. "Shut up" is rude; "please be quiet" is polite.

Examples

• and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went I know not; pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.' (Prophets JOS.2.5, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Double t: shut → shutting. Past tense and past participle are both "shut" (not "shutted"). "Shut up" is rude; say "please be quiet". In the UK "shut" for shops is common; "closed" is more formal.