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close off
Overview of verb close-off
The verb close off has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) shut off, close off -- (stem the flow of; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation")
2. shut off, close off -- (isolate or separate; "She was shut off from the friends")
3. shut off, block off, close off -- (block off the passage through; "We shut off the valve")
Antonyms of verb close-off
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb close-off
3 senses of close off
Sense 1
shut off, close off
=> discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
Sense 2
shut off, close off
=> separate, divide
Sense 3
shut off, block off, close off
=> barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar
=> obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
=> impede, hinder
=> prevent, keep
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb close-off
1 of 3 senses of close off
Sense 2
shut off, close off
=> curtain off
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb close-off
3 senses of close off
Sense 1
shut off, close off
=> discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
Sense 2
shut off, close off
=> separate, divide
Sense 3
shut off, block off, close off
=> barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar
'Cause To' of verb close-off
Derived Forms of verb close-off
Domain of verb close-off
Domain Terms of verb close-off
Familiarity of verb close-off
close off used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb close-off
3 senses of close off
Sense 1
shut off, close off
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
shut off, close off
*> Something ----s Adjective/Noun
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
shut off, block off, close off
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb close-off
3 senses of close off
Sense 1
shut off, close off
> discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
=> drop, knock off
=> leave off
=> sign off
=> retire, withdraw
=> pull the plug
=> shut off, close off
=> cheese
=> call it quits, call it a day
=> break
Sense 2
shut off, close off
> separate, divide
=> partition, zone
=> break
=> disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter
=> rail, rail off
=> detach
=> shut off, close off
Sense 3
shut off, block off, close off
> barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar
=> shut off, block off, close off
=> close
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb close-off
Sense 1
shut off, close off
=> discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
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Sense 2
shut off, close off
=> separate, divide
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Sense 3
shut off, block off, close off
=> barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar
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