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The English word “close” has 69 meanings listed here.

To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
To obstruct or block.
To become denser or more crowded with objects.
To make or become unreceptive.
To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
To grapple; to engage in close combat.
To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
To finish.
To end or conclude.
To finish; to come to an end.
To conclude (a sale).
To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
To make or become non-operational or unavailable for use.
To put out of use or operation.
To cease operation or cease to be available.
To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
To turn off; to switch off.
To come or gather around; to enclose.
To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
An end or conclusion.
The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
A grapple in wrestling.
The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
A double bar marking the end.
The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to.
At little distance; near in space or time.
Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
Almost resulting in disaster.
Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
Physically narrow or confined.
Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
Tightly restricted in availability.
Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
Hot, humid, with no wind.
Dense; solid; compact.
Rigorous, careful, etc.
Attentive; undeviating; strict.
Carefully done, detailed.
Accurate; precise.
Short.
Closed, shut.
Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
Difficult to obtain.
Parsimonious; stingy.
Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
Concise; to the point.
Marked, evident.
In a close manner (limited contexts; more often closely).
So as to leave or create little distance or space between objects.
Carefully, in detail.
In combination (sometimes potentially ambiguous between adverb and adjective).
An enclosed field, especially a field enclosed around a (usually religious) building.
A street that ends in a dead end.
A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
The common staircase in a tenement.
A cathedral close.
The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed

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