CLOSE UP

• (verb) refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent

  "The children shut up when their father approached"

  synonyms : be quiet , belt up , button up , clam up , dummy up , keep mum , shut up

• (verb) unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of

  "close the circuit", "close a wound", "close a book", "close up an umbrella"

  synonyms : close

• (verb) block passage through

  "obstruct the path"

  synonyms : block , impede , jam , obstruct , obturate , occlude

  The car was wrongly parked and occluded the path of other cars. -added by naila_inlas

• (verb) cease to operate or cause to cease operating

  "The owners decided to move and to close the factory", "My business closes every night at 8 P.M.", "close up the shop"

  synonyms : close , close down , fold , shut down

• (adverb) very close

  "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up", "even firing at close range he missed"

  synonyms : at close range

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

•   Add   Mnemonic      Origin      Usage      Flickr-Image      Comment
•   To add this word to Your wordlists click here
•   Click here to view photos related to this word from
•   http://www.mnemonicdictionary.com/word/close up