shutting
Sealing an entrance
Shutting is the present participle of shut, meaning to close or block an opening.
A door shutting signals someone's arrival or departure.
The shutting of the factory left hundreds unemployed.
To be shutting down is to cease operations; to be shutting out is to exclude: They're shutting us out of the negotiations.
Hinged room barrier
- gateHinged barrier in fence
- windowGlass-fitted wall opening
- lidRemovable container cover
- valveFluid flow controller
curtain · drawer · zipper · hatch · flap · damper · vent · trapdoor
Fixing firmly in position
- boltingDeparting at speed
- latchingSecuring with a catch
- fasteningJoining two parts together
- padlockingSecuring with detachable fastener
sealing · barricading · deadbolting · clamping · anchoring · bracing · fortifying · safeguarding
Act of ending something
- cessationA full stopping
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- completionAct of finishing
halt · stoppage · discontinuation · windup · wrap-up · finality · adjournment · expiration
Limiting freedom of movement
- containingHolding within limits
- trappingCatching with concealed devices
- imprisoningConfining in custody
- penningWriting or confining animals
Impeding forward progress
- barringExcluding from consideration
- blackballingGroup exclusion practice
- ostracizingExcluding from a group
- debarringOfficially excluding someone
prohibiting · banning · restricting · rebuffing · rejecting · stonewalling
door
Hinged room barrier
valve · curtain · drawer · zipper · hatch · flap · damper · vent · trapdoor · porthole
locking
Fixing firmly in position
padlocking · sealing · barricading · deadbolting · clamping · anchoring · bracing · fortifying · safeguarding · immobilizing
termination
Act of ending something
- cessationA full stopping
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- closureSense of emotional resolution
completion · halt · stoppage · discontinuation · windup · wrap-up · finality · adjournment · expiration · culmination
confining
Limiting freedom of movement
- containingHolding within limits
- trappingCatching with concealed devices
- imprisoningConfining in custody
penning · caging · corralling
blocking
Impeding forward progress
- barringExcluding from consideration
- blackballingGroup exclusion practice
- ostracizingExcluding from a group
debarring · prohibiting · banning · restricting · rebuffing · rejecting · stonewalling
hushing
Quieting or water-mining
- mutingSuppressing sound output
- quietingMaking something still
- squelchingWet crushing noise
stifling · suppressing · gagging · censoring · shushing · quelling · dampening · muzzling
shuttingopening
Gap or start
unlatching · unlocking · unsealing · unclosing · unfastening
shuttingopening
Gap or start
starting · launching · reopening · inaugurating · establishing
- shutting downEnding operation or activity
- shutting upStopping one's talking
- shutting outBlocking from entering
- shutting offCeasing operation of
- shutting inClosing to contain
- shutting awayIsolating by enclosure
shut, shutter, shutdown, shuts, shuttered, shutdowns, shuttering, unshut, unshuttered