CLOSE

Definitions

1. 1. To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.
2. 2. To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up.
3. 3. To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction. One frugal supper did our studies close. Dryden.
4. 4. To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine. The depth closed me round about. Jonah ii. 5. But now thou dost thyself immure and close In some one corner of a feeble heart. Herbert. A closed sea, a sea within the jurisdiction of some particular nation, which controls its navigation.