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SHUT OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Block off the passage through
Example:
We shut off the valve
Synonyms:
block off; close off; shut off
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "shut off" is one way to...):
bar; barricade; block; block off; block up; blockade; stop (render unsuitable for passage)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Isolate or separate
Example:
She was shut off from the friends
Synonyms:
close off; shut off
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "shut off" is one way to...):
divide; separate (make a division or separation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shut off"):
curtain off (separate by means of a curtain)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Stem the flow of
Example:
shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation
Synonyms:
close off; shut off
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "shut off" is one way to...):
cease; discontinue; give up; lay off; quit; stop (put an end to a state or an activity)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
