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close

verb, adjective

/kloʊz/ (verb), /kloʊs/ (adjective)

Meaning

To shut something (verb); near in space or relationship (adjective).

Please close the door when you leave.

close call

shut, seal, end, nearby, intimate

open, distant

close the door, close relationship, close attention, close friend

to show or display clearly; obvious or evident

to possess something; belonging to oneself

To make something less extreme (verb); average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree (adjective).

to intend or signify; also unkind when used as adjective

to encourage the development of something; to raise a child that is not one's own

Past tense and past participle of 'spend'; also used as an adjective meaning exhausted or used up.