different between shut vs shute

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

From Middle English shutten, shetten, from Old English scyttan (“to cause rapid movement, shoot a bolt, shut, bolt, shut to, discharge a debt, pay off”), from Proto-Germanic *skutjan?, *skuttijan? (“to bar, bolt”), from Proto-Germanic *skutt?, *skuttj? (“bar, bolt, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to drive, fall upon, rush”). Cognate with Dutch schutten (“to shut in, lock up”), Low German schütten (“to shut, lock in”), German schützen (“to shut out, dam, protect, guard”).

Verb

shut (third-person singular simple present shuts, present participle shutting, simple past and past participle shut)

1. (transitive) To close, to stop from being open.

2. (intransitive) To close, to stop being open.

3. (transitive or intransitive, chiefly Britain) To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.

4. (transitive) To confine in an enclosed area.

5. (transitive) To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.

6. To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.

   • 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

Translations

Adjective

shut (not comparable)

1. Closed; not open.

2. (linguistics, phonetics) Synonym of close

Translations

Noun

shut (plural shuts)

1. The act or time of shutting; close.
2. A door or cover; a shutter.

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3. The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.

Etymology 2

Variation of chute or shute (archaic, related to shoot) from Old English sc?otan.

Noun

shut (plural shuts)

1. (Britain, Shropshire dialect) A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.

Synonyms

• (alleyway): See Thesaurus:alley

Anagrams

• Hust, STHU, Tush, huts, thus, tush

English

Noun

shute (plural shutes)

1. Alternative form of chute
2. Alternative form of shoot
3. (Southern England, especially in place names) A steep road through a cleft in a hill.

Anagrams

• Uthes, euths, sueth, useth