Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 72
Clod (v. i.) To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot; as, clodded gore. See Clot.
Clodded in lumps of clay. -- G. Fletcher.
Clod (v. t.) To pelt with clods. -- Jonson.
Clod (v. t.) To throw violently; to hurl. [Scot.] -- Sir W. Scott.
Cloddish (a.) Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish. -- Hawthorne. -- Clod"dish*ness, n.
Cloddish (a.) Heavy and dull and stupid [syn: cloddish, doltish].
Cloddy (a.) Consisting of clods; full of clods.
Clodhopper (n.) A rude, rustic fellow.
Clodhopper (n.) A thick and heavy shoe [syn: brogan, brogue, clodhopper, work shoe].
Clodhopping (a.) Boorish; rude. -- C. Bront['e].
Clodpate (n.) A blockhead; a dolt.
Clodpated (a.) Stupid; dull; doltish.
Clodpoll (n.) A stupid fellow; a dolt. [Written also clodpole.] -- Shak.
Cloff (n.) Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight. [Written also clough.] -- McCulloch.
Clog (v.) That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.
All the ancient, honest, juridical principles and institutions of England are so many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and opression. -- Burke.
Clog (v.) A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion.
As a dog . . . but chance breaks loose, And quits his clog. -- Hudibras.
A clog of lead was round my feet. -- Tennyson.
Clog (v.) A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine.
In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the middle sort . . . makes use of wooden clogs. -- Harvey.
Clog almanac, A primitive kind of almanac or calendar, formerly used in England, made by cutting notches and figures on the four edges of a clog, or square piece of wood, brass, or bone; -- called also a Runic staff, from the Runic characters used in the numerical notation.
Clog dance, A dance performed by a person wearing clogs, or thick-soled shoes. Clog dancer.
Clogged (imp. & p. p.) of Clog.
Clogging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clog.
Clog (v. t.) To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
The winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow. -- Dryden.
Clog (v. t.) To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.
Clog (v. t.) To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
The commodities are clogged with impositions. -- Addison.
You 'll rue the time That clogs me with this answer. -- Shak.
Syn: Impede; hinder; obstruct; embarrass; burden; restrain; restrict.
Clog (v. i.) To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.
In working through the bone, the teeth of the saw will begin to clog. -- S. Sharp.
Clog (v. i.) To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.
Move it sometimes with a broom, that the seeds clog not together. -- Evelyn.
Clog (n.) Footwear usually with wooden soles [syn: clog, geta, patten, sabot].
Clog (n.) Any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction.
Clog (n.) A dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps [syn: clog dance, clog dancing, clog].
Clog (v.) Become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [syn: clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul] [ant: unclog].
Clog (v.) Dance a clog dance.
Clog (v.) Impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; "horses were clogged until they were tamed".
Clog (v.) Impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today" [syn: clog, constipate].
Clog (v.) Coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots" [syn: clog, clot].
Clog (v.) Fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details" [syn: clog, overload].
Clogginess (n.) The state of being clogged.
Clogging (n.) Anything which clogs. -- Dr. H. More.
Cloggy (a.) Clogging, or having power to clog.
Cloggy (a.) (Used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated" [syn: clayey, cloggy, heavy].
Cloisonne (a.) Inlaid between partitions: -- said of enamel when the lines which divide the different patches of fields are composed of a kind of metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished from champleve enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel. -- S. Wells Williams.
Cloisonne (a.) (For metals) Having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired [syn: champleve, cloisonne].
Cloisonne (n.) Enamelware in which colored areas are separated by thin metal strips.
Cloister (n.) （修道院、大學等的）迴廊 [C] [P1]；修道院 [C]；修道院生活 [the S]；隱居第 [C] An inclosed place. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Cloister (n.) A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court; (pl.) the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college.
But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale. -- Milton.
Cloister (n.) A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.
Fitter for a cloister than a crown. -- Daniel.
Cloister garth (Arch.), The garden or open part of a court inclosed by the cloisters.
Syn: Cloister, Monastery, Nunnery, Convent, Abbey, Priory.
Usage: Cloister and convent are generic terms, and denote a place of seclusion from the world for persons who devote their lives to religious purposes. They differ is that the distinctive idea of cloister is that of seclusion from the world, that of convent, community of living. Both terms denote houses for recluses of either sex. A cloister or convent for monks is called a monastery; for nuns, a nunnery. An abbey is a convent or monastic institution governed by an abbot or an abbess; a priory is one governed by a prior or a prioress, and is usually affiliated to an abbey.
Cloistered (imp. & p. p.) of Cloister.
Cloistering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cloister.
Cloister (v. t.) 幽閉於修道院中；使與塵世隔絕；設迴廊於；用迴廊環繞 To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.
None among them are thought worthy to be styled religious persons but those that cloister themselves up in a monastery. -- Sharp.
Cloister (n.) Residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) [syn: religious residence, cloister].
Cloister (n.) A courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions).
Cloister (v.) Surround with a cloister, as of a garden.
Cloister (v.) Surround with a cloister; "cloister the garden".
Cloister (v.) Seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office".
Cloisteral (a.) Cloistral. [Obs.] -- I. Walton.
Cloistered (a.) Dwelling in cloisters; solitary.
Cloistered (a.) Furnished with cloisters.
Cloisterer (n.) One belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse.
Cloisteral (a.) Cloistral. [Obs.] -- I. Walton.
Cloistral (a.) Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse. [Written also cloisteral.]
Best become a cloistral exercise. -- Daniel.
Cloistress (n.) A nun. [R.] -- Shak.
Cloke (n. & v.) See Cloak. [Obs.] Clomb
Clomb () Alt. of Clomben.
Clomben () imp. & p. p. of Climb (for climbed). [Obs.]
The sonne, he sayde, is clomben up on hevene. -- Chaucer.
Clomp (n.) See Clamp.
Clomp (v.) Walk clumsily [syn: clump, clomp].
Clone (v. t.) (Biol.) to make a clone from; to make identical copies of an organism by a non-sexual process of reproduction.
Clone (v. t.) (Microbiol.) to grow colonies of a microorganism by spreading a suspension of the microorganism onto a solid growth medium (such as in a Petri dish), at a concentration such that individual colonies will grow from single cells sufficiently well separated from other colonies so that pure cultures derived from a single organism can be isolated.
Clone (v. t.) (Biochem.) To make large quantities of a segment of DNA by inserting it, using biochemical techniques, into the DNA of a microorganism, and growing that microorganism in large numbers; as, to clone the gene for growth hormone.
Clone (n.) (Biol.) A group of organisms derived from a single individual by some kind of asexual reproduction; -- used mostly of microorganisms such as bacteria and yeast.
Syn: clon.
Clone (n.) (Biol.) An individual organism containing a genetic complement identical to that of another organism, produced by using the genetic material from the second animal in a non-sexual reproduction process.
Clone (n.) Something virtually identical to another object.
Clone (n.) A person who is almost identical to another [syn: ringer, dead ringer, clone].
Clone (n.) A group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction [syn: clone, clon].
Clone (n.) An unauthorized copy or imitation [syn: knockoff, clone].
Clone (v.) Make multiple identical copies of; "people can clone a sheep nowadays".
Clone (n.) An exact duplicate: ?Our product is a clone of their product.? Implies a legal reimplementation from documentation or by reverse-engineering. Also connotes lower price.
Clone (n.) A shoddy, spurious copy: ?Their product is a clone of our product.?
Clone (n.) A blatant ripoff, most likely violating copyright, patent, or trade secret protections: ?Your product is a clone of my product.? This use implies legal action is pending.
Clone (n.) [Obs] PC clone: a PC-BUS/ISA/EISA/PCI-compatible 80x86-based microcomputer (this use is sometimes spelled klone or PClone). These invariably have much more bang for the buck than the IBM archetypes they resemble. This term fell out of use in the 1990s; the class of machines it describes are now simply PCs or Intel machines.
Clone (n.) [Obs.] In the construction Unix clone: An OS designed to deliver a Unix-lookalike environment without Unix license fees, or with additional ?mission-critical? features such as support for real-time programming. { Linux and the free BSDs killed off this product category and the term with it.
Clone (v.) To make an exact copy of something. ?Let me clone that? might mean ?I want to borrow that paper so I can make a photocopy? or ?Let me get a copy of that file before you mung it?.
Clone, () An exact copy of a product, made legally or illegally, from documentation or by reverse engineering, and usually cheaper.
E.g. "PC clone": a PC-BUS/{ISA, EISA, VESA, or PCI compatible x86-based microcomputer (this use is sometimes misspelled "klone" or "PClone"). These invariably have much more bang per buck than the IB PCM they resemble.
E.g. "Unix clone": An operating system designed to deliver a Unix-like environment without Unix licence fees or with additional "mission-critical" features such as support for real-time programming.
Clone, () A clonebot.
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Clone (n.) (Biology)（動植物的）克隆；無性繁殖系；複製人（或動植物）；（不動腦筋）機械行事的人，機器人 An organism or cell, or group of organisms or cells, produced asexually from one ancestor or stock, to which they are genetically identical.
‘Vines representing all the 15 existing clones were planted.’
Clone (n.) 翻版，複製品 A person or thing regarded as an exact copy of another.
‘Guitarists who are labelled Hendrix clones.’
Clone (n.) A computer designed to simulate exactly the operation of another, typically more expensive, model.
‘An IBM PC clone.’
Clone (n.) (Informal ) (Within gay culture) A homosexual man who adopts an exaggeratedly macho appearance and style of dress.
Clone (v.) [With object] (v. t. & v. i.) 克隆，（使某物）無性繁殖；把…培養為純種細胞；複製 Propagate (an organism or cell) as a clone.
‘Of the hundreds of new plants cloned the best ones are selected.’
Clone (v.) [With object] Make an identical copy of.
‘Developers are planning to clone a historic Liverpool terrace.’
Clone (v.) [With object] (Biochemistry) Replicate (a fragment of DNA placed in an organism) so that there is sufficient to analyse or use in protein production.
‘We have cloned DNA sequences added to the ends of the linear plasmid.’
Compare: Biochemistry
Biochemistry (n.) [Mass noun] 生物化學 The branch of science concerned with the chemical and physicochemical processes and substances that occur within living organisms.
Biochemistry (n.) [Mass noun] The processes and substances with which the science of biochemistry is concerned.
‘Abnormal brain biochemistry.’
Compare: Physicochemical
Physicochemical (a.) 物理化學的 Relating to physics and chemistry or to physical chemistry.
Clone (v.) [With object] Illegally copy the security codes from (a mobile phone) to one or more others as a way of obtaining free calls.
Compare: Cling
Cling (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Clung, Clong, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Clinging.] [AS. clingan to adhere, to wither; akin to Dan. klynge to cluster, crowd. Cf. Clump.] To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually followed by to or together.
And what hath life for thee That thou shouldst cling to it thus? -- Mrs. Hemans.
Clong () imp. of Cling. [Obs.]
Clonic (a.) (Med.) Having an irregular, convulsive motion. -- Dunglison.
Clonic spasm. (Med.) See under Spasm.
Clonic (a.) Of or relating to abnormal neuromuscular activity characterized by rapidly alternating muscle contraction and relaxation; "clonic spasm".
Cloom (v. t.) To close with glutinous matter. [Obs.] -- Mortimer.
Cloop (n.) The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle. "The cloop of a cork wrenched from a bottle." -- Thackeray.
Closed (imp. & p. p.) of Close.
Closing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Close.
Close (v. t.) To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.
Close (v. t.) To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up.
Close (v. t.) 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.
One frugal supper did our studies close. -- Dryden.
Close (v. t.) To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine.
The depth closed me round about. -- Jonah ii. 5.
But now thou dost thyself immure and close In some one corner of a feeble heart. -- Herbert.
A closed sea, A sea within the jurisdiction of some particular nation, which controls its navigation.
Close (v. i.) To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound, or parts separated.
What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? -- Byron.
Close (v. i.) To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock.
Close (v. i.) To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight.
They boldly closed in a hand-to-hand contest. -- Prescott.
To close on or To close upon, to come to a mutual agreement; to agree on or join in. "Would induce France and Holland to close upon some measures between them to our disadvantage." -- Sir W. Temple.
To close with. (a) To accede to; to consent or agree to; as, to close with the terms proposed.
To close with. (b) To make an agreement with.
To close with the land (Naut.), To approach the land.
Close (n.) The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction. [Obs.]
The doors of plank were; their close exquisite. -- Chapman.
Close (n.) Conclusion; cessation; ending; end.
His long and troubled life was drawing to a close. -- Macaulay.
Close (n.) A grapple in wrestling. -- Bacon.
Close (n.) (Mus.) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
Close (n.) (Mus.) A double bar marking the end.
At every close she made, the attending throng Replied, and bore the burden of the song. -- Dryden.
Syn: Conclusion; termination; cessation; end; ending; extremity; extreme.
Close (n.) An inclosed place; especially, a small field or piece of land surrounded by a wall, hedge, or fence of any kind; -- specifically, the precinct of a cathedral or abbey.
Closes surrounded by the venerable abodes of deans and canons. -- Macaulay.
Close (n.) A narrow passage leading from a street to a court, and the houses within. [Eng.] -- Halliwell
Close (n.) (Law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not inclosed. -- Bouvier.
Close (a.) Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box.
From a close bower this dainty music flowed. -- Dryden.
Close (a.) Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters. "A close prison." -- Dickens.
Close (a.) Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc.
If the rooms be low-roofed, or full of windows and doors, the one maketh the air close, . . . and the other maketh it exceeding unequal. -- Bacon.
Close (a.) Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close prisoner.
Close (a.) Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden. "He yet kept himself close because of Saul." -- 1 Chron. xii. 1 "Her close intent." -- Spenser.
Close (a.) Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent. "For secrecy, no lady closer." -- Shak.
Close (a.) Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to liquids.
The golden globe being put into a press, . . . the water made itself way through the pores of that very close metal. -- Locke.
Close (a.) Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning. "Where the original is close no version can reach it in the same compass." -- Dryden.
Close (a.) Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; -- often followed by to Plant the spring crocuses close to a wall. -- Mortimer.
The thought of the Man of sorrows seemed a very close thing -- not a faint hearsay. -- G. Eliot.
Close (a.) Short; as, to cut grass or hair close.
Close (a.) Intimate; familiar; confidential.
League with you I seek And mutual amity, so strait, so close, That I with you must dwell, or you with me. -- Milton.
Close (a.) Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote. "A close contest." -- Prescott.
Close (a.) Difficult to obtain; as, money is close. -- Bartlett.
Close (a.) Parsimonious; stingy. "A crusty old fellow, as close as a vise." -- Hawthorne.
Close (a.) Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact; strict; as, a close translation. --Locke.
Close (a.) Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict; not wandering; as, a close observer.
Close (a.) (Phon.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open.
Close borough. See under Borough.
Close breeding. See under Breeding.
Close communion, Communion in the Lord's supper, restricted to those who have received baptism by immersion.
Close corporation, A body or corporation which fills its own vacancies.
Close fertilization. (Bot.) See Fertilization.
Close harmony (Mus.), Compact harmony, in which the tones composing each chord are not widely distributed over several octaves.
Close time, A fixed period during which killing game or catching certain fish is prohibited by law.
Close vowel (Pron.), A vowel which is pronounced with a diminished aperture of the lips, or with contraction of the cavity of the mouth.
Close to the wind (Naut.), Directed as nearly to the point from which the wind blows as it is possible to sail; closehauled; -- said of a vessel.
Close (adv.) In a close manner.
Close (adv.) Secretly; darkly. [Obs.]
A wondrous vision which did close imply The course of all her fortune and posterity. -- Spenser.
Close (adv.) Near in time or place or relationship; "as the wedding day drew near"; "stood near the door"; "don't shoot until they come near"; "getting near to the true explanation"; "her mother is always near"; "The end draws nigh"; "the bullet didn't come close"; "don't get too close to the fire" [syn: near, nigh, close].
Close (adv.) In an attentive manner; "he remained close on his guard". [syn: close, closely, tight].
Close (a.) At or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other; "close to noon"; "how close are we to town?"; "a close formation of ships" [ant: distant].
Close (a.) Close in relevance or relationship; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance" [ant: distant, remote].
Close (a.) Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances; "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call" [syn: near, close, nigh] [ant: far].
Close (a.) Rigorously attentive; strict and thorough; "close supervision"; "paid close attention"; "a close study"; "kept a close watch on expenditures".
Close (a.) Marked by fidelity to an original; "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts" [syn: close, faithful].
Close (a.) (Of a contest or contestants) Evenly matched; "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game" [syn: close, tight].
Close (a.) Crowded; "close quarters" [syn: close, confining].
Close (a.) Lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke" [syn: airless, close, stuffy, unaired].
Close (a.) Of textiles; "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very tight weave" [syn: close, tight].
Close (a.) Strictly confined or guarded; "kept under close custody".
Close (a.) Confined to specific persons; "a close secret".
Close (a.) Fitting closely but comfortably; "a close fit" [syn: close, snug, close-fitting].
Close (a.) Used of hair or haircuts; "a close military haircut".
Close (a.) Giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man" [syn: cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny].
Close (a.) Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it" [syn: close, closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped].
Close (n.) The temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close].
Close (n.) The last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." [syn: conclusion, end, close, closing, ending].
Close (n.) The concluding part of any performance [syn: finale, close, closing curtain, finis].
Close (v.) Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window" [syn: close, shut] [ant: open, open up].
Close (v.) Become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang" [syn: close, shut] [ant: open, open up].
Close (v.) Cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop" [syn: close up, close, fold, shut down, close down] [ant: open, open up].
Close (v.) Finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.); "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board" [ant: open].
Close (v.) Come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin" [syn: conclude, close].
Close (v.) Complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement; "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building".
Close (v.) Be priced or listed when trading stops; "The stock market closed high this Friday"; "My new stocks closed at $59 last night".
Close (v.) Engage at close quarters; "close with the enemy".
Close (v.) Cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop [ant: open].
Close (v.) Change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact.
Close (v.) Come together, as if in an embrace; "Her arms closed around her long lost relative" [syn: close, come together].
Close (v.) Draw near; "The probe closed with the space station".
Close (v.) Bring together all the elements or parts of; "Management closed ranks".
Close (v.) Bar access to; "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours".
Close (v.) Fill or stop up; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?" [syn: close, fill up].
Close (v.) Unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella" [syn: close up, close].
Close (v.) Finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning".
Close. () Signifies the interest in the soil, and not merely a close or enclosure in the common acceptation of the term. Doct. & Stud. 307 East, 207 2 Stra. 1004; 6 East, 1541 Burr. 133 1 Ch. R. 160.
Close. () In every case where one man has a right to exclude another from his land, the law encircles it, if not already enclosed, with an imaginary fence; and entitles him to a compensation in damages for the injury he sustains by the act of another passing through his boundary, denominating the injurious act a breach of the enclosure. Hamm. N. P. 151; Doct. & Stud. dial. 1, c. 8, p. 30; 2 Whart. 430.
Close. () An ejectment will not lie for a close. 11 Rep. 55; 1 Rolle's R. 55 Salk. 254 Cro. Eliz. 235; Adams on Eject. 24.
Close-banded (a.) Closely united.
Close-barred (a.) Firmly barred or closed.
Close-bodied (a.) Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment.
Closed (a.) Having an opening obstructed. [Narrower terms: blind]
Also See: obstructed, sealed, shut, unopen, closed. Antonym: open.
Closed (a.) (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
Closed (a.) Being in a position to obstruct an opening; -- especially of doors. [Narrower terms: fastened, latched] Also See: closed. Antonym: open.
Syn: shut, unopen.
Closed (a.) 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.
Closed (a.) Requiring union membership; -- of a workplace; as, a closed shop. [prenominal].
Closed (a.) Closed with
shutters.
Closed (a.) Hidden from the public; as, a closed ballot.
Closed (a.) Not open to the general public; as, a closed meeting.
Closed (a.) Unsympathetic; -- of a person's attitude. a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas.
Closed (a.) Surrounded by walls. a closed porch.
Syn: closed in (predicate).
Closed (a.) Made compact by bending or doubling over; as, a closed map.
Syn: folded.
Closed (a.) Closed or fastened with or as if with buttons. [Narrower terms: buttoned (vs. unbuttoned)].
Closed (a.) 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.
Closed (a.) Not open or affording passage or access; "the many closed streets made travel difficult"; "our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains" [ant: open].
Closed (a.) (Set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints [ant: open].
Closed (a.) Not open; "the door slammed shut" [syn: shut, unopen, closed] [ant: open, unfastened].
Closed (a.) 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].
Closed (a.) Requiring union membership; "a closed shop".
Closed (a.) With shutters closed.
Closed (a.) Not open to the general public; "a closed meeting".
Closed (a.) Not having an open mind; "a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas" [syn: closed, unsympathetic].
Closed (a.) Blocked against entry; "a closed porch" [syn: closed, closed in(p)].
Close-fights (n. pl.) (Naut.) Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters. [Obs.]
Closefisted (a.) Covetous; niggardly. -- Bp. Berkeley. "Closefisted contractors." -- Hawthorne.
Closefisted (a.) Unwilling to part with money [syn: closefisted, hardfisted, tightfisted].
Close-fisted, (a.) Unduly desirous of keeping that which many meritorious persons wish to obtain. "Close-fisted Scotchman!" Johnson cried To thrifty J. Macpherson; "See me -- I'm ready to divide With any worthy person." Sad Jamie: "That is very true -- The boast requires no backing; And all are worthy, sir, to you, Who have what you are lacking." Anita M. Bobe
Closehanded (a.) Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- Close"hand`ed*ness, n. Closehauled
Closehauled (a.) (Naut.) Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel. close-knit
Closely (adv.) In a close manner.
Closely (adv.) Secretly; privately. [Obs.]
That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe Her dainty couch with tears which closely she did weepe. -- Spenser.
Closely (adv.) In a close relation or position in time or space; "the onsets were closely timed"; "houses set closely together"; "was closely involved in monitoring daily progress".
Closely (adv.) In an attentive manner; "he remained close on his guard" [syn: close, closely, tight].
Closely (adv.) In a close manner; "the two phenomena are intimately connected"; "the person most nearly concerned" [syn: closely, intimately, nearly].
Closemouthed (a.) Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.
Closemouthed (a.) Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it" [syn: close, closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped].
Closen (v. t.) To make close. [R.]
Closeness (n.) The state of being close.
Half stifled by the closeness of the room. -- Swift.
We rise not against the piercing judgment of Augustus, nor the extreme caution or closeness of Tiberius. -- Bacon.
An affectation of closeness and covetousness. -- Addison.
Syn: Narrowness; oppressiveness; strictness; secrecy; compactness; conciseness; nearness; intimacy; tightness; stinginess; literalness.
Closeness (n.) A feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their closeness grew as the night wore on" [syn: closeness, intimacy].
Closeness (n.) The quality of being close and poorly ventilated [syn: stuffiness, closeness].
Closeness (n.) The spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance; "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action" [syn: nearness, closeness] [ant: farawayness, farness, remoteness].
Closeness (n.) Extreme stinginess [syn: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness].
Closeness (n.) Characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes) [syn: closeness, secretiveness] [ant: nakedness, openness].
Closeness (n.) Close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy" [syn: familiarity, intimacy, closeness].
Closer (n.) One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot.
Closer (n.) A finisher; that which finishes or terminates.
Closer (n.) (Masonry) The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course. -- Gwilt.
Closer (adv.) (Comparative of `near' or `close') Within a shorter distance; "come closer, my dear!"; "they drew nearer"; "getting nearer to the true explanation" [syn: nearer, nigher, closer].
Closer (n.) A person who closes something; "whoever is the closer has to turn out the lights and lock up".
Closer (n.) (Baseball) A relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game [syn: closer, finisher].
Closereefed (a.) (Naut.) Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.
Close-stool (n.) A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover.
Closet (n.) A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.
A chair-lumbered closet, just twelve feet by nine. -- Goldsmith.
When thou prayest, enter into thy closet. -- Matt. vi. 6.