#Shut in past tense windows#

He kicked the door shut, then reached past her and took a glass from the cup board.

Dragging the door shut, she made her way towards the stairs.

He spent all his time in his office with the door shut, pushing paper.

She slammed a mental door shut on the harrowing thought.

He tossed the tripod in after it and banged the doors shut.

She gives this a silken hinge and attaches gravel to its underside so that it will fall shut under its own weight.

Her eyes kept flickering shut, though, and they finally stayed closed as she gently snoozed.

She was snapped out of her reverie as the door clicked shut and the secretary left them alone again.

The doors slammed shut and the grey van drove off towards the exit, rejoining the northward rush of motorway traffic.

Then the door slammed shut and next moment she was asleep.

The door slammed shut and he bolted it.

I heard a car pull up in front of the apartment and heard the door slam shut.

screw/squeeze your eyes shut (=shut your eyes tight ) Examples from the Corpus shut

#Shut in past tense windows#

keep something shut When it’s so hot, we keep the doors and windows shut and put on the air conditioner. pull/kick/slam something shut He pulled the trapdoor shut over his head. something swings shut The gate swung shut behind her. verbs something slams/bangs shut The front door slammed shut. firmly shut The door remained firmly shut. COLLOCATIONS adverbs tightly/tight shut He went on sobbing, his eyes tight shut. shut for The first four hotels we tried were shut for the winter. → keep your mouth shut 2 British English SHUT/CLOSE if a shop, bar etc is shut, it is not open for business SYN closed in the evening when the shops are shut Sorry, but we’re shut.

pull/kick/slam etc something shut Jenny pulled the window shut. slam/bang/swing etc shut The door slammed shut behind him. S3 adjective 1 SHUT/CLOSE not open SYN closed Is the door shut properly? She kept the windows shut, for fear of burglars.She waited, shutting her eyes and shivering as the light waned.She heard Charlotte downstairs shutting the windows, and locking up for the night.Someone had shut the gate to stop the sheep getting out onto the road.He shut the door behind him as quietly as possible.But on game day, security shut that down.She lay down on the bed and shut her eyes.Hundreds of miners ringed the Port of Mobile and shut down the whole port.With a small exclamation she snapped the book shut, but before she could get to her feet Marc glanced up.I remember this and smile, clamping my mouth shut as Wiggen goes into action.This time the car stopped and a door banged shut.

4 → shut your eyes/ears to something 5 → shut something in the door/drawer etc → shut somebody/something ↔ away → shut down → shut somebody in (something) → shut off → shut out → shut up → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus shut He lost his job when they shut the factory. ► see thesaurus at close 2 → shut your mouth/face/trap! 3 British English SHUT/CLOSE to stop being open to the public for a short time or permanently SYN close The post office shuts at 5 o'clock. shut (something) behind somebody She walked quickly in and shut the door behind her. She lay down on her bed and shut her eyes.

S1 W2 verb ( past tense and past participle shut, present participle shutting ) 1 SHUT/CLOSE to close something, or to become closed Shut the window, Ellen! I heard his bedroom door shut.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English shut shut 1 / ʃʌt /