close up

1. Very close (synset 400411953)
   "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed"
   same as: at close range

1. Cease to operate or cause to cease operating (synset 202431242)
   "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"
   subtypes: adjourn, retire, withdraw - break from a meeting or gathering
   same as: close, close down, fold, shut down
2. Block passage through (synset 201479113)
   "obstruct the path"
   is a type of: hinder, impede - be a hindrance or obstacle to
   subtypes:

   • block off, blockade - obstruct access to
   • barricade, barricado - block off with barricades
   • barricade - prevent access to by barricading
   • asphyxiate, choke, stifle, suffocate - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
   • tie up - restrain from moving or operating normally
   • dam, dam up - obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
   • block out, screen - prevent from entering
   • earth up, land up - block with earth, as after a landslide
   • bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop - render unsuitable for passage
   • back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foul - become or cause to become obstructed
   same as: block, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude
3. Unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of (synset 201294544)
   "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella"
   is a type of: join - cause to become joined or linked
   same as: close
4. Refuse to talk or stop talking;
   Fall silent (synset 201042933)
   "The children shut up when their father approached"
   same as: be quiet, belt up, button up, clam up, dummy up, keep mum, shut up

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