Shut Door ʃʌt Slammed Eyes Adjective Bre Bank

• the door was shut.
• she slammed the door shut.
• keep your eyes shut.
• unfortunately the bank is shut now.

shut

1. not open
• synonym closed
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• The door was shut.
• She slammed the door shut.
• Keep your eyes shut.
2. not open for business
• synonym closed
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/closed
• Unfortunately the bank is shut now.

Extra Examples

• He slammed the case shut.
• His jaw was clenched shut.
• I clamped my mouth shut.
• I’ll leave the window shut for now.
• She snapped shut a file on her desk.
• She squeezed her eyes shut to keep the tears from coming.
• The bars all look shut to me.
• The curtains were drawn shut.
• The door was firmly shut.
• The doors closed shut behind me.
• The elevator door slid shut.
• The gates are always kept shut.
• The park is now shut for the winter.
• The window blew shut.
• The windows were sealed shut.

Word Origin

• Old English scyttan ‘put (a bolt) in position to hold fast’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch schutten ‘shut up, obstruct’, also to shoot.