upshut

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verb

To shut up; to close.

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Meanings

verbupshut (third-person singular simple present upshuts, present participle upshutting, simple past and past participle upshut)

present singular third person upshuts · participle present upshutting

  1. archaicpoetictransitiveTo shut up; to close.

    Now in due order all again Into its place he puts; The Sanctuary arranges; then Withdraws, and that upshuts.

    1854, Friedrich Schiller, Montagu Montagu, The Song of the Bell: And Other Poems, page 133

Origin

From up- + shut.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

upshut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upshut

MLA

“upshut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upshut. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upshut,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upshut.

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