It is time to shut the gate.

He awoke and found himself shut up in a dark room.

His office is going to be shut down for want of money.

I tried to shut out the noise of the traffic, but it was of no avail .

I need to get some shut-eye.

" A spot of shut-eye " is also called a cat nap because a cat is in the habit of sleeping only a few minutes at a time.

Excuse me. How often do shuttle buses run to downtown New York?