shut-v; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: move a lid/door as to block an opening

Examples:
Please shut the gate.
This window won't shut. It's jammed.
I've got a surprise for you! Shut your eyes tightly and hold out your hand.
Mary shut her book and put it down on the table.
When you have done so, shut the top valve so no air can enter.

Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: Body_movement
PropBank: shut.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2

Sense Number 2: stop the supply, flow, or passage

Commentary: Includes: SHUT OFF

Examples:
Did you remember to shut off the water and gas before you left the house?
Oil supplies have been shut off.
Shut off the light before you leave the room.
Rotate either of them in a clock-wise direction to shut the flow of water.
I have shut the stream down and bypassed it with pipe between the filter and stream.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: shut.04
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
shut_off 1, 3

Sense Number 3: confine or lock someone or something away

Commentary: Includes: SHUT AWAY, SHUT IN, SHUT OUT, SHUT UP
NOTE: is physical, includes a location, even if only implied.

Examples:
He was ten years old when he was shut away in an asylum for stealing an apple.
They took him away and shut him in a prison.
He was so upset that he shut himself in his bedroom and refused to
come out.
Don't forget to shut the cat out when you leave for work.
Nero Caesar seized him and shut him up in prison.

Mappings:
VerbNet: subjugate-42.3
FrameNet: Cause_confinement
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
shut_up 2
shut_away 1
shut_in 1
shut_out 1

Sense Number 4: exclude, push away, isolate, or keep something out

Commentary: Includes: SHUT OFF, SHUT OUT
NOTE: includes metaphorical, emotional, and noise senses.

Examples:
She was shut off from her friends.
When her husband died she seemed to shut herself off from her friends and family.
She finds it impossible to shut out the memory of the accident.
The double glazing shuts out most of the traffic noise.
Anna felt shut out of the conversation.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: shut.02,shut.03
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
shut_out 1
shut_off 2

Sense Number 5: (cause to) end or stop operating

Commentary: Includes: SHUT DOWN

Examples:
Another factory shut because it was losing money.
The owner decided to move and shut down the factory.
This computer is stuck. It won't shut down.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: shut.01,shut.05
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
shut_down 1

Sense Number 6: (cause to) stop speaking or bring about silence

Commentary: Includes: SHUT UP, SHUT ONE'S MOUTH

Examples:
The children shut up when their father approached.
Everyone just shut up!

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Become_silent,Silencing
PropBank: shut.06
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
shut_up 1, 3
shut_one's_mouth 1