Crossword-Solution: CLOSE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Close | n. | To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door. |
| Close | n. | To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up. |
| Close | n. | To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction. |
| Close | n. | To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine. |
| Close | v. i. | To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound, or parts separated. |
| Close | v. i. | To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock. |
| Close | v. i. | To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight. |
| Close | n. | The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction. |
| Close | n. | Conclusion; cessation; ending; end. |
| Close | n. | A grapple in wrestling. |
| Close | n. | The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence. |
| Close | n. | A double bar marking the end. |
| Close | v. t. | An inclosed place; especially, a small field or piece of land surrounded by a wall, hedge, or fence of any kind; -- specifically, the precinct of a cathedral or abbey. |
| Close | v. t. | A narrow passage leading from a street to a court, and the houses within. |
| Close | v. t. | The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not inclosed. |
| Close | v. t. | Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box. |
| Close | v. t. | Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters. |
| Close | v. t. | Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc. |
| Close | v. t. | Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close prisoner. |
| Close | v. t. | Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden. |
| Close | v. t. | Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent. |
| Close | v. t. | Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to liquids. |
| Close | v. t. | Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning. |
| Close | v. t. | Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; -- often followed by to. |
| Close | v. t. | Short; as, to cut grass or hair close. |
| Close | v. t. | Intimate; familiar; confidential. |
| Close | v. t. | Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote. |
| Close | v. t. | Difficult to obtain; as, money is close. |
| Close | v. t. | Parsimonious; stingy. |
| Close | v. t. | Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact; strict; as, a close translation. |
| Close | v. t. | Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict; not wandering; as, a close observer. |
| Close | v. t. | Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open. |
| Close | adv. | In a close manner. |
| Close | adv. | Secretly; darkly. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| CLOSE | anagram | CLEOS, COELS, COLES, ECOLS, SCELO, SOCLE |
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Sentences with CLOSE (5)
They were awfully nice little night-lights, and one cannot help wishing that they could have kept awake to see Peter; but Wendy’s light blinked and gave such a yawn that the other two yawned also, and before they could close their mouths all the three went out.
Soon my task will be completed, Soon your footsteps I shall follow To the Islands of the Blessed, To the Kingdom of Ponemah, To the Land of the Hereafter!” XXI The White Man’s Foot In his lodge beside a river, Close beside a frozen river, Sat an old man, sad and lonely.
Henceforth his might we know, and know our own So as not either to provoke, or dread New warr, provok’t; our better part remains To work in close design, by fraud or guile What force effected not: that he no less At length from us may find, who overcomes By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
The Laborer and the Snake A SNAKE, having made his hole close to the porch of a cottage, inflicted a mortal bite on the Cottager’s infant son.
While he was in the act of doing so, I watched my chance, and gave him a heavy kick close under the ribs.
Quotes with CLOSE (3)
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.
But somehow, standing in the clear night air, under a sky that glowed like a shower of sparks, none of that stuff mattered. It slipped off me. It was like shedding your clothes before you step in the shower. I felt I was down to essentials again. In fact I felt very close to God at that moment. I guess if you're ever going to feel close to God it'll be while you're looking at the heavens.
Call it the Human Mission-to be all and do all God sent us here to do. And notice-the mission to be fruitful and conquer and hold sway is given both to Adam and to Eve. 'And God said to them...' Eve is standing right there when God gives the world over to us. She has a vital role to play; she is a partner in this great adventure. All that human beings were intended to do here on earth-all the creativity and exploration, all the battle and rescue and nurture-we were intended t…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 284 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).