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English

/kləʊz/, /kloʊz/, /kləʊs/, /kloʊs/

verb
Definitions
  • (physical) To remove a gap.
  • (social) To finish, to terminate.
  • To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
  • (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English closen (close, enclose), clusen (close) inherited from Old English clȳsan (close, shut) inherited from Middle English clos (secret, close, shut up, confined) derived from Old French clos (paddock, field, enclosed outdoor area, confined, close, private space) derived from Latin clausus (closed, enclosed, shut, shut up, inaccessible) derived from Proto-Indo-European *klāw- (hook, nail, key), *(s)kleh₂w- (hook, peg, crook, a peg, a crook).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)kleh₂w-

Gloss

hook, peg, crook, a peg, a crook

Concept
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Person/Thing

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