2.
To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up.
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3.
To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction.
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-One frugal supper did our studies close. Dryden.
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4.
To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine.
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-The depth closed me round about. Jonah ii. 5.
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-What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? Byron.
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2.
To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock.
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3.
To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight.
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-They boldly closed in a hand-to-hand contest. Prescott.
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-The doors of plank were; their close exquisite. Chapman.
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2.
Conclusion; cessation; ending; end.
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- His long and troubled life was drawing to a close. Macaulay.
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3.
A grapple in wrestling. Bacon.
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4. (Mus.) (a)
The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence. (b)
A double bar marking the end.
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-Closes surrounded by the venerable abodes of deans and canons. Macaulay.
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2.
A narrow passage leading from a street to a court, and the houses within. [Eng.] Halliwell
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3. (Law)
The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not inclosed. Bouvier.
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-From a close bower this dainty music flowed. Dryden.
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2.
Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters. A close prison. Dickens.
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3.
Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc.
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-If the rooms be low-roofed, or full of windows and doors, the one maketh the air close, . . . and the other maketh it exceeding unequal. Bacon.
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4.
Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close prisoner.
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5.
Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden. He yet kept himself close because of Saul. 1 Chron. xii. 1
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-Her close intent. Spenser.
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6.
Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent. For secrecy, no lady closer. Shak.
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7.
Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to liquids.
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-The golden globe being put into a press, . . . the water made itself way through the pores of that very close metal. Locke.
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8.
Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning. Where the original is close no version can reach it in the same compass. Dryden.
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9.
Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; -- often followed by to.
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-Plant the spring crocuses close to a wall. Mortimer.
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-The thought of the Man of sorrows seemed a very close thing -- not a faint hearsay. G. Eliot.
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10.
Short; as, to cut grass or hair close.
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11.
Intimate; familiar; confidential.
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2.
Secretly; darkly. [Obs.]
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