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(Verb) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through. To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
• To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
• To obstruct or block.
• To become denser or more crowded with objects.
• To make or become unreceptive.
• To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
• To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
• To grapple; to engage in close combat.
• To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
• To finish. To end or conclude.
• To end or conclude.
• To finish; to come to an end.
• To conclude (a sale).
• To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
• To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
• To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
• To make or become non-operational or unavailable for use. To put out of use or operation.
• To put out of use or operation.
• To cease operation or cease to be available.
• To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
• To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
• To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
• To turn off; to switch off.
• To come or gather around; to enclose.
• To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.

(Noun) An end or conclusion.
• The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
• The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
• A grapple in wrestling.
• The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
• A double bar marking the end.
• The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.

(Adjective) Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to. At little distance; near in space or time.
• At little distance; near in space or time.
• Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
• Almost resulting in disaster.
• Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
• Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
• Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
• Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
• nearing orgasm
• Compressed, restricted, constrained, etc. Physically narrow or confined.
• Physically narrow or confined.
• Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
• Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
• Tightly restricted in availability.
• Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
• Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
• Hot, humid, with no wind.
• Dense; solid; compact.
• Rigorous, careful, etc. Attentive; undeviating; strict.
• Attentive; undeviating; strict.
• Carefully done, detailed.
• Accurate; precise. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
• Short.
• Closed, shut.
• Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
• With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); in this posture. An eagle close.
• Difficult to obtain.
• Parsimonious; stingy.
• Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
• Concise; to the point.
• Marked, evident.(Can we add an example for this sense?)

(Adverb) In a close manner (limited contexts; more often closely). So as to leave or create little distance or space between objects.
• So as to leave or create little distance or space between objects.
• Carefully, in detail.
• In combination (sometimes potentially ambiguous between adverb and adjective).

(Noun) An enclosed field, especially a field enclosed around a (usually religious) building.
• A street that ends in a dead end.
• A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
• The common staircase in a tenement.
• A cathedral close.
• The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed