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Noun: shut-in  'shút,in
  1. Someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
    "Volunteers delivered meals to shut-ins in the community";
    - invalid
Adjective: shut-in  'shút,in
  1. Confined usually by illness
    "The shut-in elderly received meals delivered to their homes";
    - homebound, housebound
     
  2. Somewhat introverted
    "She had a shut-in personality and preferred small gatherings";
    - introvertish
Verb: shut in
  1. Surround completely
    "The fog shut in the small town";
    - enclose, close in, inclose

Derived forms: shut in, shut-ins, shuts in, shutting in

See also: confined, introversive, introvertive, shut

Type of: border, diseased person, environ, ring, sick person, skirt, sufferer, surround

Part of: homebound

Encyclopedia: Shut-in

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