1. close

verb. ['ˈkloʊs, ˈkloʊz'] move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut.

Rhymes with Close

• misdiagnose
• superimpose
• predispose
• overexpose
• juxtapose
• transpose
• presuppose
• plainclothes
• decompose
• stavros
• reimpose
• interpose
• guandjo's
• truffaut's
• propose
• outgrows
• monroe's
• forgoes
• expose
• duclos
• dispose
• cuperose
• cousteau's
• compose
• campeau's
• bestows
• tussaud's
• tarots
• suppose
• soco's

How do you pronounce close?

Pronounce close as kloʊz.

US - How to pronounce close in American English

UK - How to pronounce close in British English

Sentences with close

1. Adjective
Push it in from the big end until it is close to the smaller end.

2. Verb, base form
Insert the cooking end firmly into an item you wish to cook and close the oven door.

3. Adverb
Put the resistance up to the highest setting or very close to it.

Quotes about close

1. I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.
- Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets

2. Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
- Shel Silverstein

3. Humor has been the balm of my life, but it's been reserved for those close to me, not part of the public Lana.
- Lana Turner

2. close

adjective. ['ˈkloʊs, ˈkloʊz'] at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other.

3. close

adjective. ['ˈkloʊs, ˈkloʊz'] close in relevance or relationship.

4. close

verb. ['ˈkloʊs, ˈkloʊz'] become closed.

5. close

verb. ['ˈkloʊs, ˈkloʊz'] cease to operate or cause to cease operating.

6. close

adverb. ['ˈkloʊs, ˈkloʊz'] near in time or place or relationship.

7. close

verb. ['ˈkloʊs, ˈkloʊz'] finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.).

8. close

noun. ['ˈkloʊs, ˈkloʊz'] the temporal end; the concluding time.

9. close

adjective. ['ˈkloʊs, ˈkloʊz'] not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.

10. close

adjective. ['ˈkloʊs, ˈkloʊz'] rigorously attentive; strict and thorough.