1. Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
   "Close the door";
   - shut
    
2. Stop being open; become shut or obstructed
   "The windows closed with a loud bang";
   - shut
    
3. Finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
   "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board"
    
4. Cease to operate or cause to cease operating
   "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M"; "close up the shop"; "close down the shop";
   - close up, fold, shut down, close down
    
5. Unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
   "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close up an umbrella";
   - close up
    
6. Bar access to
   "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours"
    
7. Fill or stop up
   "Can you close the cracks with caulking?";
   - fill up
    
8. Draw near
   "The probe closed with the space station"
    
9. Come together, as if in an embrace
   "Her arms closed around her long lost relative"
    
10. Complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
    "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building"
     
11. Finish in a particular way or with a particular event
    "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin";
    - conclude
     
12. Be priced or listed when trading stops
    "The stock market closed high this Friday"; "My new stocks closed at $59 last night"
     
13. Bring together all the elements or parts of
    "Management closed ranks"
     
14. Cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
    "He closed all the open tabs before shutting down his computer"
     
15. Engage at close quarters
    "close with the enemy"
     
16. (ball game) change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
    "The batter closed his stance to hit the inside pitch"
     
17. Finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
    "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning"

1. At or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
   "a close formation of ships"; "close to noon"; "how close are we to town?"
    
2. Not far distant in time, space, degree or circumstances
   "she was close to tears"; "had a close call";
   - near, nigh
    
3. Close in relevance or relationship
   "close kin"; "a close resemblance"; "a close family"; "we are all … in close sympathy with …"
    
4. In close proximity; crowded
   "close quarters";
   - confining
    
5. Fitting closely but comfortably
   "a close fit"; "She wore a close-fitting dress to the gala";
   - snug, close-fitting
    
6. (of textiles) having little space between threads; dense
   "a close weave";
   - tight
    
7. Lacking fresh air
   "the dreadfully close atmosphere";
   - airless, stuffy, unaired
    
8. Rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
   "a close study"; "kept a close watch on expenditures"; "close supervision"; "paid close attention"
    
9. Strictly confined or guarded
   "kept under close custody"
    
10. Confined to specific persons
    "a close secret"
     
11. Used of hair or haircuts
    "a close military haircut"
     
12. Marked by fidelity to an original
    "a close translation";
    - faithful
     
13. (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
    "a close contest";
    - tight
     
14. Giving or spending with reluctance
    "very close with his money";
    - cheeseparing, near, penny-pinching, skinny
     
15. Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
    "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it";
    - closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped

1. Not far away in position, relationship or time
   "the bullet didn't come close"; "don't get too close to the fire";
   - near, nigh
    
2. In an attentive manner
   "he remained close on his guard";
   - closely, tight

1. The temporal end; the concluding time
   "they were playing better at the close of the season";
   - stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion
    
2. The last section of a communication
   "He summarized his main points at the close of his speech";
   - conclusion, end, closing, ending
    
3. The concluding part of any performance
   "The close brought the audience to their feet";
   - finale, closing curtain, finis

Sounds like: cloze

Derived forms: closes, closest, closing, closer, closed

See also: accurate, adjacent, adpressed, ambient, appressed, approach, approaching, approximate, at hand, boon, bosom, buddy-buddy [informal], careful, chummy [informal], circumferent, close at hand, close by, close set, close together, close-hauled, close-knit, closely knit, close-set, coming, confidential, confined, contiguous, cosy [Brit, Cdn], cozy [N. Amer], dear, distance, encompassing, enveloping, equal, familiar, fine, good, hand-to-hand, hot [informal], immediate, imminent, impendent, impending, incommunicative, intimate, juxtaposed, near, nearby, nestled, next, private, proximate, restrained, scalelike, short, side by side, snuggled, stingy [informal], surrounding, thick [informal], tight, uncommunicative, ungenerous, unventilated, walking, walk-to, warm [informal]

Type of: approach, bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, break, break off, cease, change state, come near, come on, complete, discontinue, displace, draw close, draw near, end, ending, engage, fill, finish, finishing, give up, join, lay off, move, near, prosecute, pursue, quit, section, stop, subdivision, surcease [archaic], terminate, trade, turn

Antonym: distant, far, open

Part of: address, narration, recital, speech, yarn

Encyclopedia: Close, Nicholas