Akademik

shut
1. verb /ʃʌt/
a) To close, to stop from being open.

Please shut the door.

b) To close, to stop being open.

The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes.

2. noun /ʃʌt/
A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.
Syn: alley, gennel, ginnel, gitty, jitty, passage, snicket, wynd

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