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Definition of Close down
1. Verb. Cease to operate or cause to cease operating. "The business is going to close down "; "Close up the shop"
Specialized synonyms: Adjourn, Retire, Withdraw
Derivative terms: Close, Closer, Closing, Closure, Closedown, Shutdown
Antonyms: Open
Definition of Close down
1. Verb. (ambitransitive) To stop trading as a business. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To surround someone, as to impede their movement. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Close Down
Literary usage of Close down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Phaenogamous Botany, Or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of ...by W. (William) Baxter by W. (William) Baxter (1840)
"long, slender, pliant, and flexible, covered, when young, with a short, close down.
Leaves alternate, egg-shaped, or slightly triangular, pointed, ..."
2. Two Hundred and Nine Days: Or, The Journal of a Traveller on the Continent by Thomas Jefferson Hogg (1827)
"... originally round, but which were converted into half-moons, the brims being
tied close down at the sides, and much turned up before, and more behind. ..."
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