shutting

/ʃʌt/

US pronunciation

American sound/ʃʌt/

shutting

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Short u vowel
Ending: Final ng sound

shut - ting -> shutting

Myanmar meaning

(v[ing]) ပိတ်နေ

Full entry

shut /ʃʌt/ v (-tt- ;pt, pp shut )

၁။ (က) ပိတ်သည်။ Please shut the gate. ❍ shut a drawer/cold air vent ❍ He shut the door on her/in her face (ie wouldn't let her in). (ခ) ပိတ်သည်။ The window wont't shut. ❍ The supermarket doors shut automatically.
၂။ (က) ပိတ်သည်။ မှိတ်သည်။ shut one's eyes/mouth ❍ I can't shut my case—it's too full. ❍ The cashier shut the till and locked it.
(ခ) (မျက်စိ၊ ပါးစပ်)မှိတ်သည်၊ ပိတ်သည်။ His eyes shut and he fell asleep. ❍ Her mouth opened and shut, but no sound came out.
၃။ ပိတ်သည်။ shut a book/wallet.
၄။ (esp Brit ) (အလုပ်)ပိတ်သည်၊ သိမ်းသည်။ What time do the shops shut? ❍ We shut after lunch on a Thursday. ❍ CLOSE
adj ပိတ်ထား[သော]။ The door was shut. ❍ She slammed the door shut. ❍ Unfortunately the bank is shut now.
❏ shut sb/sth away [PHRV ] တသီးတသန့် ထားသည်၊ နေ သည်။ She shut the letters away where no one could find them. ❍ I hate being shut away in the country.
❏ shut (sth) down [PHRV ] (စက်ရုံ၊ လုပ်ငန်းစသည်)အပြီး ပိတ်လိုက်သည်။ A lot of local shops have shut down in the last few years. ❍ They've shut down the chemical plant.
❏ shut-down n ပိတ်ခြင်း။ the nuclear reactor's automatic shut-down procedures ❍ Since the shut-down, hundreds of miners have been out of work.
❏ shut one's ears to sth/sb [IDM ] နားပိတ်ထားသည်။ She decided to shut her ears to all the rumours.
❏ shut sb/oneself in (sth) [PHRV ] အခန်းတွင်း စသည်၌အောင်းနေသည်။ ပိတ်ဆီးဝန်းရံထားခြင်း
ခံရသည်။ She shuts herself in her room for hours. ❍ We're shut in (ie surrounded) by the hills here.
❏ shut sth in sth [PHRV ] ညပ်သည်။ ညှပ်မိသည်။ I shut my finger in the car door.
❏ shut sb's mouth [PHRV ] (infml ) နှုတ်ပိတ်သည်။
❏ shut sth off [PHRV ] ပိတ်သည်။ Shut the water off before you mend the tap.
❏ shut sb/sth off (from sth) [PHRV ] အဆက်အသွယ် ပြတ်သည်။ After the blizzard, we were completely shut off (from the outside world).
❏ shut sb/sth out (of sth) [PHRV ] ပိတ်ဆို့သည်။ အဝင်မခံ။ Those trees shut out the view. ❍ He tried to shut all thoughts of her out of his mind. ❍ The government wants to shut the refugees out.
❏ shut (sb) up [PHRV ] (infml ) တိတ်တိတ်နေခိုင်းသည်။ Oh, shut up, you idiot! ❍ Tell her to shut up. ❍ She jabbed him with her elbow to shut him up.
❏ shut sth up [PHRV ] (အိမ်၊ အဆောက်အအုံ စသည်) တံခါးအလုံပိတ်သည်။ We always shut up the house before going away.
❏ shut sb/sth up (in sth) [PHRV ] လှောင်ထားသည်။ သိမ်းထားသည်။ The dog is kept shut up in its kennel all night. ❍ She shuts her jewels up in a safe.
❏ shut up shop [IDM ] (infml esp Brit ) ဆိုင်ဖြုတ်လိုက် သည်။ လုပ်ငန်းရပ်စဲသည်။ In the recession many small companies were forced to shut up shop.
❏ shut your mouth/face! [IDM ] (sl ) တိတ်စမ်း။ ပါးစပ် ပိတ်ထားစမ်း။ Shut your mouth, nobody asked you!

More examples

Please shut the door behind you.
Shut the gate or the dog will get out.
Don’t worry about the curtains – I’ll shut them later.
I heard the front door shut.
Sandra shut the book and put it down on the table.
Let’s shut the shop early tonight.

Synonyms

close, close up, push to, put down the lid, fasten, lock, lock up, shut up, bar, barred, batten down, bolt, bolted, cage, close down, closed, collapse, confine, draw, drop the curtain, enclose, exclude, fail, fastened, fold, fold up, go bankrupt, go bust, go into liquidation, go out of business, go to the wall, go under, imprison, liquidate, locked, padlocked, push, put to, seal, sealed, secure, shut down, shut up shop, slam, slam to, snap to, wall off, wind up

Antonyms

free, let go, let out, loose, loosen, open, release, start up, unfasten