What is close?

More definitions of "close":

• (verb): Complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement.
  Example: "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building"

• (verb): Finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead.
  Example: "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning"

• (adj): At or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other.
  Example: "Close to noon"; "how close are we to town?"; "a close formation of ships"

• (verb): Cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop.

• (adj): Rigorously attentive; strict and thorough.
  Example: "Close supervision"; "paid close attention"; "a close study"; "kept a close watch on expenditures"

• (noun): The concluding part of any performance.
  Synonyms: finale, closing curtain, finis

• (adj): Close in relevance or relationship.
  Example: "A close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance"

• (verb): Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut.
  Example: "Close the door"
  Synonyms: shut

• (adv): Near in time or place or relationship.
  Example: "The bullet didn't come close"; "don't get too close to the fire"
  Synonyms: near, nigh

• (verb): Become closed.
  Synonyms: shut

• (adj): Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
  Example: "She was close to tears"; "had a close call"
  Synonyms: near

• (adj): Of textiles.
  Example: "A close weave"
  Synonyms: tight

• (verb): Draw near.
  Example: "The probe closed with the space station"

• (adj): Confined to specific persons.
  Example: "A close secret"

• (verb): Come to a close.
  Synonyms: conclude

• (verb): Bring together all the elements or parts of.
  Example: "Management closed ranks"

• (verb): Come together, as if in an embrace.
  Synonyms: come together

• (adj): Marked by fidelity to an original.
  Example: "A close translation"
  Synonyms: faithful

• (adj): Fitting closely but comfortably.
  Example: "A close fit"
  Synonyms: snug, close-fitting

• (adj): Lacking fresh air.
  Example: "The dreadfully close atmosphere"
  Synonyms: airless, stuffy, unaired

• (verb): Be priced or listed when trading stops.
  Example: "The stock market closed high this Friday"; "My new stocks closed at $59 last night"

• (verb): Cease to operate or cause to cease operating.
  Example: "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"
  Synonyms: fold, shut down, close down

• (verb): Change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact.

• (noun): The last section of a communication.
  Synonyms: conclusion, end, closing, ending

• (adv): In an attentive manner.
  Example: "He remained close on his guard"
  Synonyms: closely, tight

• (adj): Used of hair or haircuts.
  Example: "A close military haircut"

• (adj): Giving or spending with reluctance.
  Example: "Very close (or near) with his money"
  Synonyms: cheeseparing, near, penny-pinching

• (adj): Crowded.
  Example: "Close quarters"
  Synonyms: confining

• (verb): Finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.).
  Example: "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board"

• (verb): Fill or stop up.
  Example: "Can you close the cracks with caulking?"
  Synonyms: fill up

• (noun): The temporal end; the concluding time.
  Example: "They were playing better at the close of the season"
  Synonyms: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion

• (adj): Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information.
  Example: "Although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"
  Synonyms: closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped

• (verb): Bar access to.
  Example: "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours"

• (verb): Engage at close quarters.
  Example: "Close with the enemy"

• (verb): Unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of.
  Example: "Close the circuit"; "close a wound"

• (adj): (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched.
  Example: "A close contest"; "a close election"
  Synonyms: tight

Famous quotes containing the word close:

“The Indians invited us to lodge with them, but my companion inclined to go to the log camp on the carry. This camp was close and dirty, and had an ill smell, and I preferred to accept the Indians’ offer, if we did not make a camp for ourselves; for, though they were dirty, too, they were more in the open air, and were much more agreeable, and even refined company, than the lumberers.... So we went to the Indians’ camp or wigwam.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“My anger thought you too ignoble for my love, and close examination finds you too magnificent, and only equals are joined together smoothly.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

“To be an editor, as I was.
Then to lie here close by the river over the place
Where the sewage flows from the village,
And the empty cans and garbage are dumped,
And abortions are hidden.”
—Edgar Lee Masters (1869–1950)