shut-in

1 of 3

noun

ˈshət-ˌin

: a person who is confined to home, a room, or bed because of illness or incapacity

: a narrow gorge-shaped part of an otherwise wide valley

: available oil or gas which is not being produced from an existing well

shut-in

2 of 3

adjective

ˈshət-ˈin

: confined to one's home or an institution by illness or incapacity

: secretive, brooding

a bitter, shut-in face

Claudia Cassidy

: tending to avoid social contact : withdrawn

the shut-in personality type

S. K. Weinberg

shut in

3 of 3

verb

shut in; shutting in; shuts in

transitive verb

: confine, enclose

: to prevent production of (oil or gas) by closing down a well

shut-ins

noun

plural of shut-in

as in hermits

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

hermits
recluses
homebodies
solitaries
anchorites
isolates
eremites

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

socialites
socializers

as in valleys

Synonyms & Similar Words

valleys
gulches
hollows
gorges
glens
canyons
dells
ravines
vales
dales
fissures
crevasses
crevices
clefts
basins
combes
flumes
passes
linns
cirques
abysses
chasms
gaps
trenches
potholes
kettles
coombes
gullies
cols
gills
saddles
couloirs
defiles
arroyos
kloofs
gutters
coombs
troughs
notches
coulees
floodplains
gulfs
washes
gulleys
barrancos
wadis
barrancas
cwms
nullahs
draws

单词	shut-ins
释义	shut-in 1 of 3 noun ˈshət-ˌin 1 : a person who is confined to home, a room, or bed because of illness or incapacity 2 : a narrow gorge-shaped part of an otherwise wide valley 3 : available oil or gas which is not being produced from an existing well shut-in 2 of 3 adjective ˈshət-ˈin 1 : confined to one's home or an institution by illness or incapacity 2 a : secretive, brooding a bitter, shut-in face Claudia Cassidy b : tending to avoid social contact : withdrawn the shut-in personality type S. K. Weinberg shut in 3 of 3 verb shut in; shutting in; shuts in transitive verb 1 : confine, enclose 2 : to prevent production of (oil or gas) by closing down a well Word History First Known Use Noun 1891, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Adjective 1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Medical Definition shut-in 1 of 2 noun ˈshət-ˌin : a person who is confined to home, a room, or bed because of illness or incapacity shut-in 2 of 2 adjective ˌshət-ˌin 1 : confined to one's home or an institution by illness or incapacity 2 : tending to avoid social contact : withdrawn diagnostic and prognostic significance of the shut-in personality type S. K. Weinberg shut-ins noun plural of shut-in 1 as in hermits Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance hermits recluses homebodies solitaries anchorites isolates eremites Antonyms & Near Antonyms socialites socializers 2 as in valleys Synonyms & Similar Words valleys gulches hollows gorges glens canyons dells ravines vales dales fissures crevasses crevices clefts basins combes flumes passes linns cirques abysses chasms gaps trenches potholes kettles coombes gullies cols gills saddles couloirs defiles arroyos kloofs gutters coombs troughs notches coulees floodplains gulfs washes gulleys barrancos wadis barrancas cwms nullahs draws
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