A Quick and Simple Dictionary

close

1. Verb.  To obstruct (an opening).
2. Verb.  To move so that an opening is closed.
3. Verb.  To put an end to.
4. Verb.  To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.
5. Verb.  (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
6. Verb.  (marketing) To make a sale.
7. Verb.  (baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
8. Verb.  (computing) To terminate a computer program or a window or file thereof.
9. Noun.  An end of something.
10. Adjective.  (context, now) Closed, shut.
11. Adjective.  At a little distance; near.
12. Adjective.  Intimate; well-loved.
13. Adjective.  (context, Ireland, England, Scotland) hot, humid, with no wind.
14. Noun.  (context, now) An enclosed field.
15. Noun.  (British) A street that ends in a dead end.
16. Noun.  (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
17. Noun.  A cathedral close.