shutting Antonyms

Meaning of shutting

Wordnet

shutting (n)

the act of closing something

Webster

shutting (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Shut

shutting Sentence Examples

  1. The librarian hushed the children, shutting them up almost instantly.
  2. As the sun began to set, the storekeeper started shutting the shutters to close up for the night.
  3. The teacher shut the window to block out the distracting noise from the street.
  4. The exhausted hiker shut his eyes and drifted into a deep sleep.
  5. The president shut down the government for a few days during the budget negotiations.
  6. The doctor shut off the patient's life support, ending his long battle with the disease.
  7. The angry neighbor threatened to shut off the water to all the tenants in the building.
  8. The city council shut down the controversial concert, citing safety concerns.
  9. The landlord shut the door in the tenant's face, refusing to listen to their pleas for more time.
  10. The burglar shut the safe tightly, concealing the stolen loot within its impenetrable walls.

FAQs About the word shutting

the act of closing somethingof Shut

closing, locking,slamming, sealing, securing, steeking, bolting, chaining, clapping, stoppering

opening,opening, unsealing, unlatching, unbolting, unlatching, unfastening,unlocking, unsealing, unlocking

The librarian hushed the children, shutting them up almost instantly.

As the sun began to set, the storekeeper started shutting the shutters to close up for the night.

The teacher shut the window to block out the distracting noise from the street.

The exhausted hiker shut his eyes and drifted into a deep sleep.