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chiudere

Chiudere e mettere al sicuro un edificio o un’attività quando si va via, solitamente fino alla prossima apertura.

In inglese semplice: To shut and secure a building or business when people leave, usually until it opens again.

• We close up at six.
• She closed up the shop and went home.
• Have they closed up for the night?

Come si usa: close up for something (The café closed up for the winter.)

Sinonimi: shut, close

Contrari: open up

Espressioni comuni: close up shop, close up for winter

chiudere, sigillare

Chiudere completamente qualcosa o eliminare un’apertura.

In inglese semplice: To shut completely or make an opening disappear.

• The flowers close up at night.
• We closed up the hole in the wall.
• The opening closes up when you release the handle.

Come si usa: close something up (They closed the hole up with cement.)

Sinonimi: seal, shut

Contrari: open up

Espressioni comuni: close up a gap, close up a hole

stringersi, serrare le file

Avvicinarsi gli uni agli altri finché tra persone o cose resta poco spazio o nessuno.

In inglese semplice: To move closer together until there is little or no space between people or things.

• The crowd closed up around us.
• Please close up so everyone can fit in.
• The soldiers closed up their ranks as they marched.

Sinonimi: bunch together, move together

Contrari: spread out

Espressioni comuni: close up the ranks, close up together

rimarginarsi, cicatrizzarsi

Di una ferita: i bordi si uniscono e l’apertura scompare mentre guarisce.

In inglese semplice: If a wound does this, its edges join and the opening disappears as it heals.

• The cut is closing up.
• Her wound closed up after a few days.
• Has the small hole closed up yet?

Sinonimi: heal, seal over

Contrari: reopen

Espressioni comuni: close up naturally, close up completely

chiudersi, ritirarsi in sé

Smettere di parlare liberamente o mostrare i propri sentimenti, spesso perché ci si sente feriti o a disagio.

In inglese semplice: To stop talking freely or showing your feelings, often because you feel hurt or uncomfortable.

• He closed up when I asked about school.
• She tends to close up around strangers.
• Why do you close up whenever we discuss your family?

Sinonimi: withdraw, clam up

Contrari: open up

Espressioni comuni: close up emotionally, close up around someone

rinchiudere, confinare

Tenere qualcuno o qualcosa dentro uno spazio chiuso.

In inglese semplice: To keep someone or something inside a closed space.

• They closed him up in a room.
• The animals were closed up inside a small shed.
• She feared being closed up between those stone walls.

Come si usa: close someone/something up in something (The prisoners were closed up in a dark cell.)

Sinonimi: confine, shut in, enclose

Contrari: release

Espressioni comuni: close up someone, close up in something