close

IPA: kɫˈoʊs

An end or conclusion.
The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
(sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
A grapple in wrestling.
(music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
(music) A double bar marking the end.
(aviation, travel) The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
(now rare, chiefly Yorkshire) An enclosed field, especially a field enclosed around a (usually religious) building.
(chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
(Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
(Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
A cathedral close.
(law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
A surname.

(physical) To remove a gap.
(transitive, intransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
To obstruct or block.
(transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
(transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
To grapple; to engage in close combat.
To finish, to terminate.
(transitive) To put an end to; to conclude.
(intransitive) To come to an end.
(intransitive, of a business) To cease trading for the day.
(ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
(transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
(ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
(transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
(chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
(surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
(intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
(Philippines) To turn off; to switch off.

(now rare) Closed, shut.
Narrow; confined.
At a little distance; near.
Intimate; well-loved.
(law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
(Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
(linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
(obsolete) Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
Short.
(archaic) Dense; solid; compact.
(archaic) Concise; to the point.
(dated) Difficult to obtain.
(dated) Parsimonious; stingy.
Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
Marked, evident.
Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer or goal); near
(heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.

Examples of "close" in Sentences

The mine is closed.
The store is closed.
The receptor is closed.
Their receptiveness is closed.
The boat's sonar picked up the sound of screws, close and closing.
Hydrophobicity and the hydrophobic effect have a close relationship.
The distance was not close enough to trigger the photoelectric sensor.
The car's close relationship to the Granada had an unforeseen consequence.
Still the social relationship between the two are often close and harmonious.
Dominic's search for a close relationship with God was determined and unceasing.