| shut | 1. Closed or fastened; as, a shut door. 2. Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person. 3. <medicine> Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, <acr/, e, i, o, <urcr/, always are. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| shut-in personality | A person who responds inadequately to contacts with other people. (05 Mar 2000) |