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shut | walking |

As verbs the difference between shut and walking

is that shut is to close, to stop from being open while walking is .

As adjectives the difference between shut and walking

is that shut is closed while walking is as a human; living.

As nouns the difference between shut and walking

is that shut is the act or time of shutting; close or shut can be a narrow alley]] or [[passageway|passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets while walking is .

shut

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) shutten, shetten, from (etyl) .

Verb

  • To close, to stop from being open.
    • Please shut the door.
    The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes.
  • To close, to stop being open.
    • If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut .
  • (transitive, or, intransitive, chiefly, British) To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.
    • The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.
  • To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
  • * Dryden
    • shut from every shore
    Usage notes
    Except when part of one of the derived terms listed below, almost every use of shut'' can be replaced by ''close''. The reverse is not true -- there are many uses of ''close'' that cannot be replaced by ''shut .
    Derived terms
    (phrasal verbs derived from shut) * shut away * shut down * shut in * shut off * shut out * shut up (single words and compounds derived from shut) * shutdown, shut-down * shut-eye * shut-in * shutout, shut-out * shutter (idioms derived from shut) * open and shut * shut one's eyes to * shut the door on * shut up shop * shut your face * shut your mouth * shut your trap

    Adjective

    (-)
  • closed

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or time of shutting; close.
    • the shut of a door
  • * Milton
    • Just then returned at shut of evening flowers.
  • A door or cover; a shutter.
    • (Sir Isaac Newton)
  • The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.

    • Etymology 2

    Variation of (chute) or (shute) (archaic, related to (shoot)) from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A narrow alley]] or [[passageway, passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.
    • Synonyms
    * (alleyway) alley, gennel (Northern Ireland), ginnel (Yorkshire and Lancashire), gitty (East Midlands), jitty (Midlands), passage, snicket (Northern England), wynd (Scotland)

    Anagrams

    * * * * English ergative verbs English irregular verbs Regional English

    walking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • .
  • * 1878 , Anthony Trollope, Ayala's Angel
    • Mrs Dosett, aware that daintiness was no longer within the reach of her and hers, did assent to these walkings in Kensington Gardens.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Rob Dorit
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= These 'Bots Are Made for Walking , passage=Walking seems so simple: Just put one foot in front of the other. Yet every step you take is a precarious act. When you walk, your body’s center of mass is rarely located over one of your feet.}}

    Adjective

    (-)
  • as a human; living.
    • Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary.
    Phil's mother is a walking miracle after surviving that accident.
  • Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
  • Characterized by or suitable for walking.
    • a walking tour
    good walking shoes

    Derived terms

    * walking bass * walking cane * walking carpet * walking cast * walking fern * walking frame * walking papers * walking patient * walking stick * walking wounded

    See also

    * shanks' pony