SHUTTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shutting mean? 

• SHUTTING (noun)
  The noun SHUTTING has 1 sense:

1. the act of closing something

  Familiarity information: SHUTTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHUTTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of closing something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

closing; shutting

Hypernyms ("shutting" is a kind of...):

motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)

Derivation:

shut (move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut)

 Context examples 

Shutting the door, he approached me and said in a smothered voice, You have destroyed the work which you began; what is it that you intend?

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

“What! you were at it by candle-light last night, when I was at the club, then? Were you?” said Mr. Omer, shutting up one eye.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Our visitor stammered for a moment, his great hands opening and shutting in his agitation.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“To the devil with your tricks,” said John, opening and shutting his great red hands.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But to his surprise the rope tightened around his neck, shutting off his breath.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

“Thank you,” said Holmes, shutting his eyes; “pray go on.”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Godalming is shutting the furnace door....

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

At this sight she was sadly frightened, and shutting the door as fast as she could came back to her seat.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The company announced Tuesday it was shutting down production for good in the interest of consumer safety.

(Samsung Ends Production of Problem-Plagued Galaxy Note 7, Voanews)

I allowed Adele to sit up much later than usual; for she declared she could not possibly go to sleep while the doors kept opening and shutting below, and people bustling about.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)