shut down
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To close, terminate, or end; to stop operating, either permanently or temporarily.
Transitive verb
verb
To close, terminate, or end; to stop operating, either permanently or temporarily.
Transitive verb
verb
To close, terminate, or end; to stop operating, either permanently or temporarily.
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
verb
To close, terminate, or end; to stop operating, either permanently or temporarily.
Dated; Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "The store was shut down at the end of the year."
- "The company shuts down underperforming lines."
- "The project will be shutting down before the transfers come through."
- "They are planning to shut down the entire building at the end of the month."
- "The time is now, the place the grim industrial city of Shaoyang, China, which has just been informed that its No. 2 Space Rocket Factory is going to shut down."
- "Alex quickly shut down her argument. 'But I'm the male. They lead in dancing, why shouldn't I be the lead here too? And besides, I was picked, you applied, which basically means I'm the lead anyway. […]"