close off

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Verb	1.	close off - stem the flow of; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation"shut offcease, discontinue, lay off, quit, stop, give up - put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
	2.	close off - isolate or separate; "She was shut off from the friends"shut offdivide, separate - make a division or separationcurtain off - separate by means of a curtain
	3.	close off - block off the passage through; "We shut off the valve"block off, shut offbarricade, block, block up, blockade, block off, bar, stop - render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"

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adjective1. Not far from another in space, time, or relation:adjacent, contiguous, immediate, near, nearby, nigh, proximate.Idioms: at hand, under one's nose, within a stone's throw, within hailing distance.2. Very closely associated:chummy, familiar, friendly, intimate.Informal: thick.Slang: tight.Idiom: hand in glove with.3. Having all parts near to each other:compact, crowded, dense, packed, thick, tight.4. Nearly equivalent or even:neck and neck, nip and tuck, tight.5. Not deviating from correctness, accuracy, or completeness:exact, faithful, full, rigorous, strict.6. Affording little room for movement:confining, cramped, crowded, narrow, snug, tight.7. Oppressive due to a lack of fresh air:airless, stifling, stuffy.8. Not speaking freely or openly:close-mouthed, incommunicable, incommunicative, reserved, reticent, silent, taciturn, tightlipped, uncommunicable, uncommunicative.9. Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money:cheap, close-fisted, costive, hard-fisted, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, petty, pinching, stingy, tight, tightfisted.verb1. To move (a door, for example) in order to cover an opening:shut.2. To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container:block, choke, clog, congest, cork, fill, plug, stop.3. To bring or come to a natural or proper end:complete, conclude, consummate, end, finish, terminate, wind up, wrap up.4. To come together:converge, meet.phrasal verb
close inTo surround and advance upon:besiege, enclose, envelop, hedge, hem.phrasal verb
close offTo set apart from a group:cut off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester.phrasal verb
close outTo get rid of completely by selling, especially in quantity or at a discount:dump, sell off, sell out, unload.noun1. A concluding or terminating:cease, cessation, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, end of the line, finish, period, stop, stopping point, termination, terminus, wind-up, wrap-up.2. The last part:conclusion, end, ending, finale, finish, last, termination, wind-up, wrap-up.3. An area partially or entirely enclosed by walls or buildings:atrium, court, courtyard, enclosure, quad, quadrangle, yard.adverbTo a point near in time, space, or relation:closely, hard, near, nearby, nigh.

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