shutter

IPA(Pronunciation)

Verb

transitive figuratively

Japanese Meaning

シャッターを閉じる、覆いを下ろす（窓や入口を覆うものを閉める） / 建物等を長期間閉鎖する、使用を中止する / 取り消す、または終了させる

Every evening, we shutter the windows to protect the house from the cold.

毎晩、寒さから家を守るために窓の雨戸を閉めます。

Sense（1）

(transitive) To close shutters covering.

Shutter the windows: there's a storm coming!

Sense（2）

(transitive, figuratively) To close up (a building) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.

It took all day to shutter the cabin now that the season has ended.

Sense（3）

(transitive) To cancel or terminate.

The US is seeking to get Iran to shutter its nuclear weapons program.

shutters

（ present singular third-person ）

shuttering

（ participle present ）

shuttered

（ participle past ）

shuttered

（ past ）