closed
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
closed
adj 1: not open or affording passage or access; "the many closed
streets made travel difficult"; "our neighbors peeped
from behind closed curtains" [ant: {open}]
2: (set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints
[ant: {open}]
3: not open; "the door slammed shut" [syn: {shut}, {unopen},
{closed}] [ant: {open}, {unfastened}]
4: used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with closed
eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight" [syn:
{closed}, {shut}] [ant: {open}, {opened}]
5: requiring union membership; "a closed shop"
6: with shutters closed
7: not open to the general public; "a closed meeting"
8: not having an open mind; "a closed mind unreceptive to new
ideas" [syn: {closed}, {unsympathetic}]
9: blocked against entry; "a closed porch" [syn: {closed},
{closed in(p)}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Close \Close\ (kl[=o]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Closed}
(kl[=o]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Closing}.] [From OF. & F. clos,
p. p. of clore to close, fr. L. claudere; akin to G.
schliessen to shut, and to E. clot, cloister, clavicle,
conclude, sluice. Cf. {Clause}, n.]
1. To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close
the eyes; to close a door.
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2. To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to
close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up.
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3. To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to
finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to
close a course of instruction.
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One frugal supper did our studies close. --Dryden.
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4. To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to
confine.
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The depth closed me round about. --Jonah ii. 5.
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But now thou dost thyself immure and close
In some one corner of a feeble heart. --Herbert.
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{A closed sea}, a sea within the jurisdiction of some
particular nation, which controls its navigation.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
closed \closed\ adj.
1. having an opening obstructed. [Narrower terms: {blind}]
Also See: {obstructed}, {sealed}, {shut}, {unopen},
{closed}. Antonym: {open}.
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2. (Math.) of a curve or surface: having no end points or
boundary curves; of a set: having members that can be
produced by a specific operation on other members of the
same set; of an interval: containing both its endpoints.
{open}
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3. Being in a position to obstruct an opening; -- especially
of doors. [Narrower terms: {fastened, latched}] Also See:
{closed}. Antonym: {open}.
Syn: shut, unopen.
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4. having skin drawn so as to obstruct the opening; -- used
of mouth or eyes. Opposite of {open}. he sat quietly with
closed eyes [Narrower terms: {blinking, winking};
{compressed, tight}; {squinched, squinting}]
Syn: shut.
[WordNet 1.5]
5. requiring union membership; -- of a workplace; as, a
closed shop. [prenominal]
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6. closed with shutters.
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7. hidden from the public; as, a closed ballot.
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8. not open to the general public; as, a closed meeting.
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9. unsympathetic; -- of a person's attitude. a closed mind
unreceptive to new ideas
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10. surrounded by walls. a closed porch
Syn: closed in(predicate).
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11. made compact by bending or doubling over; as, a closed
map.
Syn: folded.
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12. closed or fastened with or as if with buttons. [Narrower
terms: {buttoned (vs. unbuttoned)}]
[WordNet 1.5]
13. not engaged in activity; -- of an organization or
business establishment. the airport is closed because of
the weather; the many closed shops and factories made the
town look deserted
Syn: shut down.
[WordNet 1.5]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
132 Moby Thesaurus words for "closed":
arcane, authoritarian, beyond reach, bigot, bigoted, blank, blind,
blind-alley, borne, cabalistic, cecal, censored, choked,
choked off, classified, close, closed forever to, closed to,
concealed, constricted, contracted, cramped, creedbound, cryptic,
dark, dead, dead-end, deaf, deaf to reason, enigmatic, esoteric,
fanatical, hermetic, hidden, hidebound, hush-hush, illiberal,
impenetrable, impersuadable, impersuasible, impervious,
inaccessible, inflexible, inhospitable, insular, latent, little,
little-minded, lost to, mean, mean-minded, mean-spirited,
mysterious, narrow, narrow-hearted, narrow-minded, narrow-souled,
narrow-spirited, nearsighted, obstinate, occult, out of reach,
parochial, petty, provincial, purblind, restricted, secret,
shortsighted, shut, small, small-minded, smothered, squeezed shut,
stifled, straitlaced, strangulated, stuffy, suppressed, top secret,
ulterior, un-come-at-able, unaccessible, unamenable,
unapproachable, unattainable, unavailable, unbreatheable,
uncatholic, uncharitable, uncordial, under security, under wraps,
undisclosable, undisclosed, undiscoverable, undivulgable,
undivulged, unfriendly, ungenerous, ungettable, ungracious,
unhospitable, unimpressionable, uninfluenceable, unliberal,
unmovable, unneighborly, unobtainable, unopen, unopened,
unpersuadable, unpliable, unprocurable, unreachable, unreceptive,
unresponsive, unrevealable, unrevealed, unsecurable, unspoken,
unsuggestible, unsusceptible, unswayable, untellable, untold,
unutterable, unuttered, unvented, unventilated, unwhisperable,
unyielding
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