shutting

Plural: shuttings

Noun

• the act of closing something
• The act by which something is shut.

Verb

Verb Forms: shut, shuts, shutting

• The action of closing or making something stop operating.
• move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
• become closed
• prevent from entering; shut out
  • "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"
• present participle and gerund of shut

Examples

• Shutting down the triple word lane was a key defensive move in the Scrabble game.

Synonyms

close, closing, exclude, keep out, shut, shut out

Antonyms

admit, open, opening

Anagrams of shutting