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    SHUT OFF

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Block off the passage throughplay

    Example:

    We shut off the valve

    Synonyms:

    block off; close off; shut off

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    Hypernyms (to "shut off" is one way to...):

    bar; barricade; block; block off; block up; blockade; stop (render unsuitable for passage)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Isolate or separateplay

    Example:

    She was shut off from the friends

    Synonyms:

    close off; shut off

    Classified under:

    Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

    Hypernyms (to "shut off" is one way to...):

    divide; separate (make a division or separation)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shut off"):

    curtain off (separate by means of a curtain)

    Sentence frames:

    Something ----s Adjective/Noun
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Stem the flow ofplay

    Example:

    shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation

    Synonyms:

    close off; shut off

    Classified under:

    Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

    Hypernyms (to "shut off" is one way to...):

    cease; discontinue; give up; lay off; quit; stop (put an end to a state or an activity)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s something

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