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verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cease to operate or cause to cease operating
The owners decided to move and to close the factory
Types & categories
- adjourn hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adverb
very close
without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up
Sense 3 verb
block passage through
obstruct the path
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- disengage antonym
- blocking derivation
- obstruction derivation
- blockage derivation
- obstruction derivation
- obturator derivation
- clogging derivation
- occlusive derivation
Sense 4 verb
unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
close the circuit
Types & categories
- bring together hypernym
Related & opposite
- closure derivation
Sense 5 verb
refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
The children shut up when their father approached
Related & opposite
- open up antonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | open |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | closedown |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | closer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | adjourn |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | disengage |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | blocking |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | obstruction |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | blockage |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | obstruction |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | obturator |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | clogging |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | occlusive |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | hinder |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | block off |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | barricado |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | barricade |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | suffocate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tie up |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dam |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | block out |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | land up |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | block |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | clog |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | closure |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | bring together |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | open up |