Meaning and origin of the word close

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Definition of close:

part of speech: noun

An inclosed place: a small inclosed field: a narrow passage of a street.
part of speech: adverb

In a close manner: nearly: densely.
part of speech: verb

To grow together: to come to an end.
part of speech: noun

Closeness.
part of speech: adverb

Closely; nearly; secretly.
part of speech: noun

Conclusion; end; a pause; cessation.
part of speech: noun

The end; conclusion.
part of speech: verb

To shut; to make fast; to end or finish; to cover; to inclose; to come or bring together; to unite.
part of speech: noun

In Scot., a narrow passage or entry; a courtyard; an inclosure.
part of speech: adverb

Closely.
part of speech: verb

To make close: to draw together and unite: to finish.
part of speech: adjective

Shut; having no vent or outlet; confined; compact; solid or dense; concise; brief; very near; private; narrow; crafty; penurious; warm; oppressive, as the weather.
part of speech: noun

The manner or time of closing: a pause or stop: the end.
part of speech: adjective

Shut up: with no opening: confined, unventilated: narrow: near, in time or place: compact: crowded: hidden: reserved: crafty.

Common misspellings:

cloze (0.3%)
colose (0.6%)
closre (0.3%)
clseo (0.3%)
colse (9.9%)
closs (0.9%)
cluse (0.3%)
clos (8.5%)
convient (0.3%)
closey (0.2%)
closeing (0.2%)
closeand (0.3%)
cvlsoe (0.6%)
clse (3.3%)
cloe (2.2%)
upclose (0.3%)
closee (0.6%)
cloce (0.6%)
cloase (2.2%)
clsed (0.3%)
clouse (1.7%)
cole (0.8%)
cl (0.2%)
clase (0.3%)
clost (7.8%)
clode (0.3%)
vlose (0.3%)
losed (0.2%)
closeby (0.5%)
cloae (0.3%)
closeup (0.2%)
closse (0.6%)
closr (0.8%)
cose (6.9%)
clsoe (40.3%)
conveint (0.2%)
cloes (2.7%)
closte (0.5%)
lcose (0.6%)
reclose (0.5%)
lse (0.3%)
clsose (0.6%)
cloaswe (0.3%)
clopse (0.3%)
coles (0.3%)
iclose (0.3%)

I must follow close to him. "Heart Talks" – Charles Wesley Naylor
Several times they passed close to Indians. "An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody)" – Buffalo Bill (William Frederick Cody)
It must close must it not? "Franklin Kane" – Anne Douglas Sedgwick
They were now close to the Villa du Lac. "The Chink in the Armour" – Marie Belloc Lowndes

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