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Examples of shutting
shutting
Shutting down the escalators at one factory, for instance, saved $80,000 a year.
From the businessweek.com
Its offense was slow starting out while the defense was shutting opponents down.
From the post-gazette.com
Shutting down the activity of this gene with an antibody inhibited tumor growth.
From the sciencedaily.com
No word on why they're shutting down, but this may have something to do with it.
From the techcrunch.com
You can't clean this mess up either, short of shutting down the show altogether.
From the tunedin.blogs.time.com
Mr. Obama has a gift for shutting his ears against what he doesn't want to hear.
From the washingtontimes.com
I can't imagine a broadcaster today shutting up for three seconds, much less 38.
From the online.wsj.com
Missing has been any forum for weighing the risks of shutting off public access.
From the theatlantic.com
After shutting the door on Teixeira, the Angels have closed the door on Ramirez.
From the latimes.com
- Close: move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window"
- Not open; "the door slammed shut"
- Close: become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang"
- Closed: used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight"
- Exclude: prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"
- (shutting) the act of closing something
- A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets; To close, to stop from being open; To close, to stop being open; To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed
- (Shuts (cold)) Faults produced in a forging by incorrect tool design or incorrect flow of steel that results in the formation of a crack in the forging surface.
- Clubface aligned left at address or impact; looking skyward at the top of the backswing. Results in a shot that goes to the left of the target.
