close, end, conclude, finish, complete, terminate mean to bring or come to a stopping point or limit. close usually implies that something has been in some way open as well as unfinished.

CLOSE definition: 1. to change from being open to not being open, or to cause something to do this: 2. When a shop…. Learn more.

While “close” may seem like a simple word, it is pronounced and spelled in two different ways. It can be used as both a verb and an adjective, often confusing many people.

The close of a period of time or an activity is the end of it. To bring or draw something to a close means to end it.

2 days ago · close (third-person singular simple present closes, present participle closing, simple past and past participle closed) (physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage …

Definition of close 1 verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [transitive, intransitive] close (something) to put something into a position so that it covers an opening; to get into this …

Some common synonyms of close are miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, and stingy. While all these words mean "being unwilling or showing unwillingness to share with others," …

CLOSE definition: 1. If something closes, it moves so that it is not open, and if you close something, you make it…. Learn more.

Glenn Close was born on March 19, 1947, in Greenwich, Connecticut, to socialite Elizabeth Mary Hester "Bettine" (née Moore) and William Taliaferro Close, [1] a doctor who operated a clinic in …

Giving or spending with reluctance; stingy: He is known to be close with his money.