Meaning of shut in | Babel Free
Definitions
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To confine. transitive
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To completely surround or enclose. transitive
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To settle down, or fall; to arrive; (said of evening, etc.) dated, intransitive
Examples
“We need to shut the dog in so he doesn’t escape.”
“Well might the Sun in Darkneſs hide, / And ſhut his Glories in, / When God the mighty Maker dy’d / For Man the Creature’s Sin.”
“Then there are the golden hues of twilight shadowed in the lake, and the light veil of mist drawing across the foliage of the valley as the evening shuts in upon it.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.