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shut in
imprisoned; close on -; surrounded, jailed
Shut-in
Shut-in may refer to:
- Shut-in (river), a river that's naturally confined within a deep, narrow channel
- A shut-in is a person who is either unwilling or unable to leave his/her home, often due to disability or a mental disease such as agoraphobia. See recluse.
- Shutting-in, in the petroleum industry, is the implementation of a production cap lower than the available output at a particular site.
- Shut In (2016 film)
shut in
Verb
1. surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"
(synonym) enclose, inclose
(hypernym) surround, skirt, border
(hyponym) tuck, insert
shut-in
Noun
1. someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
(synonym) invalid
(hypernym) sick person, diseased person, sufferer
(member-holonym) homebound
Adjective
1. somewhat introverted
(synonym) introvertish
(similar) introversive, introvertive
2. confined usually by illness
(synonym) homebound, housebound
(similar) confined
shut in
zamykać kogoś/się (gdzieś)
shut something in
przytrzaskiwać coś czymś
Shut In
Closed temporarily; wells and mines capable of production may be shut in for repair, cleaning, inaccessibility to a market, etc.
(DOE5)