verb (used with object) 1. to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut. 2. to stop or obstruct (a gap, entrance, aperture, etc.): to close a hole ...

Etymology: ME clos < OFr < L clausus, pp. of claudere (see close); senses under II from notion ?with spaces or intervals closed up?

A parcel of land that is surrounded by a boundary of some kind, such as a hedge or a fence. To culminate, complete, finish, or bring to an end.

close Definition from dictionary ... 3 : stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close : the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round ...

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