In a close manner. / (obsolete) secretly; privately

simple past tense and past participle of close in

(transitive) To enclose, lock up inside something. / (transitive) To come nearer to someone being pursued.

With a noun-phrase complement. / With no explicit complement. / With the preposition to introducing a noun-phrase complement. / Preceding and modifying a noun.

The act by which something is closed. / The end or conclusion of something. / The final procedure in a house sale, when documents are signed and recorded.

Pertaining to the finish or ending of a series of events; occurring at the end or after all others.

present participle of close

simple past tense and past participle of close

Sealed, made inaccessible or impassable; not open. / (engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To be in a position preventing fluid from flowing.

plural of close