What is the meaning of Close?

To remove a gap.

  1. To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.

    To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.

    To obstruct or block.

    To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.

    To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.

    To grapple; to engage in close combat.

    To finish, to terminate.

    1. To put an end to; to conclude.

      To put an end to; to conclude.

      To come to an end.

      To cease trading for the day.

      To conclude (a sale).

      To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.

      To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.

      To cancel or reverse (a trading position).

      To come or gather around; to enclose.

      To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.

      To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.

      To turn off; to switch off.

      An end or conclusion.

      The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.

      The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.

      A grapple in wrestling.

      The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.

      A double bar marking the end.

      The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.

      Closed, shut.

      Narrow; confined.

      At a little distance; near.

      Intimate; well-loved.

      Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.

      Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.

      Hot, humid, with no wind.

      Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.

      Strictly confined; carefully guarded.

      Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.

      Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.

      Short.

      Dense; solid; compact.

      Concise; to the point.

      Difficult to obtain.

      Parsimonious; stingy.

      Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.

      Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.

      Marked, evident.(Can we add an example for this sense?)

      Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer or goal); near

      With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); in this posture.

      An eagle close.

      An enclosed field, especially a field enclosed around a (usually religious) building.

      A street that ends in a dead end.

      A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.

      The common staircase in a tenement.

      A cathedral close.

      The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed

      feminine singular of clos

      first/third-person singular present subjunctive of clore

      feminine singular of clos

      plural of cloth

      close-up (photography in which the subject is shown at a large scale)

      attitude

      Source: wiktionary.org