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Bodleian Library will be closed for a week. 3 conclude, end,
finish, complete, bring to a close or end, terminate, climax,
Colloq wind up: A brilliant flourish closes the first movement
of the symphony. 4 conclude, sign, seal, make, settle, clinch,
agree, arrange, work out, establish: Union and management
closed a deal, and the strike was called off. 5 Also, close
down. discontinue, terminate, stop, suspend, shut down, go out
of business, cease operations, close (up), Colloq wind up, shut
up shop, put up the shutters: Competition from the supermarket
forced the greengrocer to close down. 6 Also, close off. seal,
make inaccessible, shut (off), obstruct, obturate: This wing of
the museum has been closed off temporarily. 7 close one's eyes
to. ignore, overlook, disregard: You have always closed your
eyes to his faults. 8 close up. a close, shut (up), lock up,
close (down): It's time to close up for the night. b close,
come or draw or bring together, unite, join; connect: We closed
up ranks and stood at attention.
--adj. 9 near; adjacent, proximate, proximal: He claims to
have had a close encounter with an extraterrestrial. There
certainly is a close resemblance between Kathy and her daughter.
10 closed, shut (up), fixed, fast, secure, tight: The hostages
spent a month in close confinement. 11 dense, compact, tight,
cramped, compressed, tiny, minuscule, minute: I could hardly
read the close writing on the matchbox. 12 stuffy, musty,
stale, fusty, confining, oppressive, airless, unventilated,
confined, stifling, suffocating: They locked me in a room that
was so close I could hardly breathe. 13 nearly equal or even,
close-matched, neck and neck, tight: It was a close race, but
Flanagan won by a hair. 14 careful, assiduous, precise,
detailed, concentrated, strict, rigorous, minute, searching,
attentive, alert, intent, intense, thorough, painstaking: Close
analysis has revealed that the handwriting is that of a
left-handed adult. 15 attached, intimate, devoted, familiar,
inseparable, close-knit, solid, confidential; fast; Colloq
thick, thick as thieves, pally, US and Canadian palsy-walsy,
buddy-buddy: They are a very close family. She and her father
are very close. 16 private, privy, secret, guarded, closely
guarded, confidential: Although it should have been a close
secret, the press managed to get hold of it. 17 secretive,
reticent, taciturn, reserved, close-mouthed, tight-lipped,
silent: She is very close about the whereabouts of her husband.
18 stingy, mean, miserly, niggardly, tight-fisted, close-fisted,