closed
not open or affording passage or access
How often you will meet it
Rank 719 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 26,346 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.013% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- not open or affording passage or access the many closed streets made travel difficultour neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains
- (set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints
- not open also: shut, unopen the door slammed shut
- used especially of mouth or eyes also: shut he sat quietly with closed eyeshis eyes were shut against the sunlight
- requiring union membership a closed shop
- with shutters closed
closed in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Bobby remembered that it had been old Blackburn's habit to keep it closed.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Then he closed his eyes again, and a violent attack of fever came on.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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He noticed the child only when a small fist pushed itself forcibly into his closed right hand.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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Jim scarcely knew when she stopped; his eyes were half closed, and a sweet drowsiness was upon him.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice · Chapter 1
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But when the door closed after her, Dr. Grey's eyes rested on it like those of one who misses a light.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1