very close; "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed"
refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"
unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella"
cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"
a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household
produced in a particular country; "domestic wine"; "domestic oil"
of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction"
of or involving the home or family; "domestic worries"; "domestic happiness"; "they share the domestic chores"; "everything sounded very peaceful and domestic"; "an author of blood-and-thunder novels yet quite domestic in his taste"
converted or adapted to domestic use; "domestic animals"; "domesticated plants like maize"
of or relating to the home; "domestic servant"; "domestic science"
kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"