Meaning of SHUT-IN
| Pronunciation: | | 'shut `in
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- [n] someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
- [adj] confined usually by illness
- [adj] somewhat introverted
- [v] surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"
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SHUT-IN is a 7 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | confined, enclose, homebound, housebound, inclose, introversive, introvertish, invalid |
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| | See Also: | | bank, border, bower, bury, case, casket, cordon off, corral, dike, diseased person, dyke, eat up, embower, encapsulate, encase, engross, enshrine, fence, fence in, fort, fortify, frame, frame in, glass, glass in, homebound, immerse, insert, rope in, rope off, shrine, sick person, skirt, sufferer, surround, swallow, swallow up, tuck, wall in, wall up | |
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