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adjective

closed adj.

1.

Having an opening obstructed. (Narrower terms: blind) Also See: obstructed, sealed, shut, unopen, closed. Antonym: open.

2.

(Math.) Of a curve or surface: having no end points or boundary curves; of a set: having members that can be produced by a specific operation on other members of the same set; of an interval: containing both its endpoints.. Antonym: open.

3.

Being in a position to obstruct an opening; especially of doors. (Narrower terms: fastened, latched) Also See: closed. Antonym: open.

Synonyms: shut, unopen.

4.

Having skin drawn so as to obstruct the opening; used of mouth or eyes. Opposite of open. "He sat quietly with closed eyes" (Narrower terms: blinking, winking; compressed, tight; squinched, squinting)

Synonyms: shut.

5.

Requiring union membership; of a workplace; as, a closed shop. (prenominal)

6.

Closed with shutters.

7.

Hidden from the public; as, a closed ballot.

8.

Not open to the general public; as, a closed meeting.

9.

Unsympathetic; of a person's attitude. "A closed mind unreceptive to new ideas"

10.

Surrounded by walls. "A closed porch"

Synonyms: closed in(predicate).

11.

Made compact by bending or doubling over; as, a closed map.

Synonyms: folded.

12.

Closed or fastened with or as if with buttons. (Narrower terms: buttoned (vs. unbuttoned))

13.

Not engaged in activity; of an organization or business establishment. "The airport is closed because of the weather"; "The many closed shops and factories made the town look deserted"

Synonyms: shut down.

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Etymology of 'Closed'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Closed" Quotes from Famous Books

... a while after the door was closed, but the girl soon took her leave. He was just falling asleep in the luxury of conscious repose, when the sound of the cobbler's hammer for a moment roused him, and he knew the old man was again at work on his behalf. A moment ...

— Donal Grant • George MacDonald

... l'Observatoire, having a stuccoed front, ornamented with antique busts, and a large unkept garden attached to it. That facade and that garden were the first images my child-eyes perceived; and they will be the last, no doubt, which I still see through my closed eyelids when the Inevitable Day comes. For it was in that house that I was born; it was in that garden I first learned, while playing, to feel and know some particles of this old universe. Magical hours!—sacred ...

— The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard • Anatole France

... outskirts of the town of Barnstable. There were two crabbed little windows in front, for it could boast of but one story, and a narrow green door, over which a prairie rose bush clustered, as if to hide its infirmity. A small window, reminding one of a half closed jacknife, and in which were two earthen flower pots containing mignonnette, set jauntily upon the roof, which was so covered with black moss, that it was impossible to tell whether it was shingled or tiled. Indeed such was the shattered condition of the little tenement, ...

— The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter • "Pheleg Van Trusedale"

... sick," he said, and we saw that it was with difficulty that he restrained his tears. As he opened the door a bit wider to let us in, we saw that a black shawl had been placed over the only window in the room, so that it was extremely difficult after the door was closed for our unaccustomed eyes to see anything in ...

— Paula the Waldensian • Eva Lecomte

... evident that they had assembled in the role of spectators only, and that action had been left to more competent and better organized men. There was no shouting, no demonstration, and so little talking that it amounted only to a low murmur. Already the doors of the jail had been closed. The armed forces on the roof ...

— The Forty-Niners - A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado • Stewart Edward White

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