shutting
part of speech
verb form (present participle of shut: shut, shuts, shut, shutting)
meaning for a pupil
1) Shutting is closing something, like a door, window, lid or your eyes. tree →
2) Shutting can mean a shop, school or business closing for the day or for ever. tree →
3) Phrases: shutting down (switching off a computer or closing a factory), shutting up (rude: telling someone to stop talking), shutting out (keeping someone or something out). tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, shops are shutting at 5 o'clock; computers need shutting down properly. In safety, shutting doors can slow a fire from spreading. In stories, "shutting someone out" shows a character excluding others or hiding feelings. "Shut up" is rude; "please be quiet" is polite.
examples
- Please stop shutting the door so loudly. tree →
- The shop is shutting in ten minutes. tree →
- She was shutting her eyes tight during the scary bit. tree →
- Our library is shutting down for repairs. tree →
- Remember shutting the gate so the dog can't get out. tree →
- He kept shutting his friends out when he was sad. tree →
- Shutting doors at night helps stop fire spreading. tree →
- “Very good,” said the woman, going out and shutting the door. tree →
note
Double t: shut → shutting. Past tense and past participle are both "shut" (not "shutted"). "Shut up" is rude; say "please be quiet". In the UK "shut" for shops is common; "closed" is more formal.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «shutting» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.