English Explanatory Dictionary

close up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To close (remove a gap) completely or fully.
  2. To move nearer together so that a gap is removed.
  3. To enclose, confine.
  4. To shut a building or a business for a period of time.
  5. Of a cut or other wound: To heal.
  6. To become less 'open' or communicative; to shrink back.
  7. To stop talking.

Pronunciation

/kləʊzˈʌp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-close up.wav

Word forms

close up closes up closing up closed up

Etymology

Dissimilated from Middle English upclosen (“to close up, stop up, seal”).

Synonyms

close

Derived words

close up shop
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