English Explanatory Dictionary

shut in

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To confine.
  2. To completely surround or enclose.
  3. To settle down, or fall; to arrive; (said of evening, etc.)
  4. To stop pumping oil from a site, ending production.

Word forms

shut in shuts in shutting in

Related words

shut away send away

Derived words

shut-in
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