shut in

shut in
verb
surround completely
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Darkness enclosed him

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They closed in the porch with a fence

• Syn: ↑enclose, ↑close in, ↑inclose
• Derivationally related forms: ↑enclosure (for: ↑enclose)
• Hypernyms: ↑surround, ↑environ, ↑ring, ↑skirt, ↑border
• Hyponyms:
↑tuck, ↑insert, ↑wall in, ↑wall up, ↑embower, ↑bower, ↑enshrine, ↑shrine, ↑encase, ↑incase, ↑case, ↑immerse, ↑swallow, ↑swallow up, ↑bury, ↑eat up, ↑frame, ↑frame in, ↑border, ↑glass, ↑glass in, ↑bank, ↑dike, ↑dyke, ↑encapsulate, ↑fence, ↑fence in, ↑rope in, ↑rope off, ↑cordon off, ↑casket, ↑corral, ↑fortify, ↑fort, ↑hedge, ↑hedge in
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English shetten in, from shutten, shetten, shitten to shut + in, adverb

shut himself in for days on end

had been shut in by illness during much of the winter

2. : to prevent production of (oil) by closing down a well

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shut in
1. To enclose, to confine
2. To settle down, or fall (said, eg, of evening)
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Main Entry: ↑shut

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ˌshut ˈin [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they shut in he/she/it shuts in present participle shutting in past tense shut in past participle shut in] phrasal verb
to put a person or animal in a place that they cannot leave
Thesaurus: to put a person or animal in a place they cannot leavesynonym
Main entry: shut

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shut in [phrasal verb]
1 shut (someone or something) in (something) : to put (someone or something) in a room and close or lock the door

Someone shut the cat in the closet.

He shut himself in his room to study.

2 shut (something) in (something) : to have (something, such as your hand or finger) in between the parts of (something, such as a door or window) when it closes

He accidentally shut his hand in the car door.

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Main Entry: ↑shut

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