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closenessenUK
close C0415300 (klōs)adj. clos·er, clos·est 1. Being near in space or time. See Usage Note at redundancy.2. Being near in relationship: close relatives.3. Bound by mutual interests, loyalties, or affections; intimate: close friends.4. Having little or no space between elements or parts; tight and compact: a close weave.5. Being near the surface; short: a close haircut.6. Being on the brink of: close to tears.7. Decided by a narrow margin; almost even: a close election.8. Faithful to the original: a close copy.9. Very attentive; rigorous; thorough: a close reading; close supervision.10. Shut; closed.11. Shut in; enclosed.12. Confining or narrow; crowded: close quarters.13. Fitting tightly: close garments.14. Warm and humid or stuffy: close weather; a close room.15. Confined to specific persons or groups: a close secret.16. Strictly confined or guarded: kept under close custody.17. Secretive; reticent: was close about her personal life.18. Giving or spending with reluctance; stingy: He is known to be close with his money.19. Not easily acquired; scarce: Money was close.20. Linguistics Pronounced with the tongue near the palate, as the ee in meet. Used of vowels.21. Marked by more rather than less punctuation, especially commas.v. (klōz) closed, clos·ing, clos·es v.tr.1. To move (a door, for example) so that an opening or passage is covered or obstructed; shut.2. To bar access to: closed the road for repairs.3. To fill or stop up: closed the cracks with plaster.4. To stop the operations of permanently or temporarily: closed down the factory.5. To make unavailable for use: closed the area to development; closed the database to further changes.6. To bring to an end; terminate: close a letter; close a bank account.7. To bring together all the elements or parts of: Management closed ranks and ostracized the troublemaker.8. To join or unite; bring into contact: close a circuit.9. To draw or bind together the edges of: close a wound.10. Sports To modify (one's stance), as in baseball or golf, by turning the body so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact with the ball.11. To complete the final details or negotiations on: close a deal.12. Archaic To enclose on all sides.v.intr.1. To become shut: The door closed quietly.2. To come to an end; finish: The book closes on a hopeful note.3. To reach an agreement; come to terms: We close on the house next week.4. To cease operation: The shop closes at six.5. To be priced or listed at a specified amount when trading ends: Stocks closed higher on Monday.6. a. To engage at close quarters: closed with the enemy.b. To draw near: The orbiter closed with the space station in preparation for docking.7. To come together: My arms closed around the little child.8. Baseball To finish a game by protecting a lead. Used of relief pitchers.n. (klōz)1. The act of closing.2. A conclusion; a finish: The meeting came to a close.3. Music The concluding part of a phrase or theme; a cadence.4. (klōs) An enclosed place, especially land surrounding or beside a cathedral or other building.5. (klōs) Chiefly British A narrow way or alley.6. Archaic A fight at close quarters.adv. (klōs) closer, closest In a close position or manner; closely: stayed close together.Phrasal Verbs: close in1. To seem to be gathering in on all sides: The problems closed in.2. To advance on a target so as to block escape: The police closed in on the sniper.3. To surround so as to make unusable: The airport was closed in by fog. close out1. To dispose of (a line of merchandise) at reduced prices.2. To terminate, as by selling: close out a business.Idioms: close the book on To make a final effort regarding (something); bring to a conclusion: closed the book on her career with a fine performance. close to home/the bone So as to affect one's feelings or interests: Her comment hit close to home. close to the wind Nautical At a close angle into the direction from which the wind is blowing: sailing close to the wind.
[Middle English clos, closed, from Old French, from Latin clausus, past participle of claudere, to close. V., from Middle English closen, from Old French clore, clos-, from Latin claudere.]
clos′a·ble, close′a·ble (klō′zə-bəl) adj.close′ly adv.close′ness n.clos′ing (klō′zĭng) n.Synonyms: close, immediate, near, proximate
These adjectives mean not far from another in space, time, or relationship: an airport close to town; her immediate family; his nearest relative; the proximate neighborhood. See Also Synonyms at complete.Antonym: farCloseness See Also: COMPATIBILITY, FRIENDSHIP - Always together … like Siamese twins —Nina Bawden
- [Cid and his wife Juena] are like the nail [fingernail] and the flesh —The Lay of the Cid, epic poem
According to a grad student at SUNY, Stony Brook, NY, this is the only simile in this 3500-verse epic poem dating back to 1140 a.d. - As close to him as sticking plaster —Cornell Woolrich
- Close as an uncracked nut —Play: All Vows Kept, Anon
- Close as a dead heat —Anon
- Close as fingers inside a pair of mittens —Anon
- Close as flies in a bottle —Shana Alexander
- Close as the bark to a tree —Sir Charles Sedley
This simile is also used to describe stinginess. See Also: THRIFT - Close as the ‘cu’ in cucumbers —Anon
- Close as the gum on a postage stamp —Anon
- Close as two peas in a pod —H. I. Phillips
Common usage has created twists such as “Close as two peas on a plate.” See Also: SIMILARITY - Close like exiles from a remote and forgotten land —A. R. Guerney, Jr.
- Close together as the two shells of an oyster —Leonard McNally
- Get as close as an Eskimo does to a fire in his igloo in the tundra —Anon, from radio broadcast
- His face was so close to hers that it was out of focus, like a cloud passing in front of the sun —Michael Korda
- Inseparable as a baseball fan and a bag of peanuts —Anon
- Inseparable as finger and thumb —George Farquhar
- Inseparable as a shadow to a body —Robert Burton
- Inseparable as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza —Anon
- Inseparable like ivy, which grows beautifully so long as it twines around a tree, but is of no use when it is separated —Moliére
The original has been transcribed from “A woman is like ivy” for a less gender-oriented interpretation. - Intimate as two sardines in a can —Anon
- Near as the end of one’s nose —Anon
See Also: OBVIOUSNESS - Near as twilight is to darkness —Thomas Paine
- Stayed as close to that woman as a pimple —Charles Johnson
See Also: CLINGING - They’re as thick as three in a bed —Scottish saying
- They were all standing around him thick as bees —Cornell Woolrich
- (It is proper that families remain) thick like good soup —J. P. Donleavy
- We were like two kernels in one almond —Sadi
- Wrapped tight an as eggroll —Donald McCaig
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  closeness - a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their closeness grew as the night wore on"intimacybelonging - happiness felt in a secure relationship; "with his classmates he felt a sense of belonging"togetherness - affectionate closeness; "togetherness is the new wonder ingredient in marriage" | | 2. | closeness - the quality of being close and poorly ventilatedstuffinessquality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare | | 3. | closeness - the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance; "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"nearnessdistance - the property created by the space between two objects or pointspropinquity, proximity - the property of being close togetheradjacency, contiguity, contiguousness - the attribute of being so near as to be touching | | 4. |  closeness - extreme stinginess minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, tightfistedness, meanness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightnessstinginess - a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with moneylittleness, pettiness, smallness - lack of generosity in trifling mattersmiserliness - total lack of generosity with money | | 5. | closeness - characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)secretivenessunsociability, unsociableness - an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionshipfurtiveness, sneakiness, stealthiness - a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiouslyopenness, nakedness - characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive | | 6. |  closeness - close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"intimacy, familiarityfriendliness - a friendly disposition |
closenessnoun1. nearness, proximity, handiness, adjacency the closeness of China to Hong Kong2. imminence, nearness, impendency this ever-present feeling of the closeness of death3. intimacy, love, devotion, confidentiality, familiarity, dearness, inseparability He experienced a lack of closeness to his parents during childhood.closenessnounThe condition of being friends:chumminess, companionship, comradeship, familiarity, fellowship, friendship, intimacy.Translationsclose1 (kləus) adverb1. near in time, place etc. He stood close to his mother; Follow close behind. 接近 接近2. tightly; neatly. a close-fitting dress. 緊貼的 紧贴的 adjective1. near in relationship. a close friend. 親密的 亲密的2. having a narrow difference between winner and loser. a close contest; The result was close. 勢均力敵的 势均力敌的3. thorough. a close examination of the facts; Keep a close watch on him. 仔細的，徹底的 仔细的，严密的 4. tight. a close fit. 緊密的 紧密的5. without fresh air. a close atmosphere; The weather was close and thundery. 悶的 闷的6. mean. He's very close (with his money). 吝嗇的 吝啬的7. secretive. They're keeping very close about the business. 秘密的 秘密的ˈclosely adverbLook closely at him; She resembles her father closely. 仔細地，接近地 仔细地，紧密地 ˈcloseness noun 接近 接近close call/shave a narrow (often lucky) escape. That was a close shave – that car nearly ran you over. 僥倖的脫險 侥幸的脱险ˌclose-ˈset adjective (of eyes etc) positioned very near each other. (兩眼等)位置很接近的 （眼睛等）长得紧靠一起的 ˈclose-up noun a photograph or film taken near the subject and thus big in scale. The close-up of the model showed her beautiful skin. 特寫鏡頭 特写镜头close at hand nearby; not far off. My mother lives close at hand. 就在眼前 就在眼前close on almost; nearly. She's close on sixty. 幾乎，差不多 几乎，差不多 close to1. near in time, place, relationship etc. close to 3 o'clock; close to the hospital; close to his mother. 接近 接近2. almost; nearly. close to fifty years of age. 幾乎，差不多 几乎，差不多 EncyclopediaSeecloseFinancialSeeCloseclosenessenUK
Synonyms for closenessnoun nearnessSynonyms- nearness
- proximity
- handiness
- adjacency
noun imminenceSynonyms- imminence
- nearness
- impendency
noun intimacySynonyms- intimacy
- love
- devotion
- confidentiality
- familiarity
- dearness
- inseparability
Synonyms for closenessnoun the condition of being friendsSynonyms- chumminess
- companionship
- comradeship
- familiarity
- fellowship
- friendship
- intimacy
Synonyms for closenessnoun a feeling of being intimate and belonging togetherSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the quality of being close and poorly ventilatedSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distanceSynonymsRelated Words- distance
- propinquity
- proximity
- adjacency
- contiguity
- contiguousness
noun extreme stinginessSynonyms- minginess
- niggardliness
- niggardness
- tightfistedness
- meanness
- parsimoniousness
- parsimony
- tightness
Related Words- stinginess
- littleness
- pettiness
- smallness
- miserliness
noun characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)SynonymsRelated Words- unsociability
- unsociableness
- furtiveness
- sneakiness
- stealthiness
Antonymsnoun close or warm friendshipSynonymsRelated Words |