To inclose; shut in; surround; comprise.To make close; bring together the parts of, especially so as to form a complete inclosure, or to prevent ingress or egress; shut; bring together: as, to close one's mouth; to close a door or a room; to close a book.To stop (up); fill (up); repair a gap, opening, or fracture in; unite; consolidate: often followed by up: as, to close an aperture or a room; to close or close up the ranks of troops.To end; finish; conclude; complete; bring to a period: as, to close a bargain or contract; to close a lecture.To draw near to; approach; close with (which see, under II.).In shoemaking, to sew or stitch together (the parts of the upper).To settle up an account.To come together, either literally or figuratively; fall; draw; gather around, as a curtain or a fog: often followed by on or upon: as, the shades of night close upon us.To end; terminate or come to a period: as, the debate closed at six o'clock.To engage in close encounter, or in a hand-to-hand fight; grapple; come to close quarters.In the game of sixty-six, to turn down the trump-card before the pack is exhausted, so that no further drawing can be done.In fencing, to get near enough to touch by making a step forward without deranging the position of the body.To come to an agreement with: as, to close with a person on certain terms.See II., 3.To harmonize; agree.n. The manner of shutting; junction; coming together.n. Conclusion; termination; end: as, the close of life; the close of deliberations.n. In music, the conclusion of a strain or of a musical period or passage; a cadence.n. A grapple, as in wrestling.Completely inclosing; brought together so as to leave no opening; having all openings covered or drawn together; confined; having no vent: as, a close box; a close vizor.Narrowly confined; pent up; imprisoned; strictly watched: as, a close prisoner.Retired; secluded; hidden.Kept secret; private; secret.Having the habit of secrecy or a disposition to keep secrets; secretive; reticent.Having an appearance of concealment; expressive of secretiveness or reticence.Having little openness, space, or breadth; contracted; narrow; confined: as, a close alley.Stagnant; without motion or ventilation; difficult to breathe; oppressive: said of the air or weather, and of a room the air in which is in this condition.Near together in space or time; near to; in contact or nearly so; adjoining: as, a close row of trees; to follow in close succession.Having the parts near each other or separated by only a small interval; condensed: as, the writing is too close.Near, in a figurative sense.Resting upon some strong uniting feeling, as love, self-interest, honor, etc.; strong; firm: as, a close union of individuals or of nations.Undeviating; not wandering.Strictly logical: as, close reasoning.Stingy; niggardly; penurious.Scarce; difficult to get: as, money is close.Tightly or closely; so as to leave no opening: as, shut the blinds close.In strict confinement.In concealment; in hiding; in secret; secretly.Near in space or time; in contact, or nearly touching: as, to follow close behind one.n. An inclosed place; any place surrounded by a fence, wall, or hedge.n. A piece of land held as private property, whether actually inclosed or not: in the common law of pleading, technically used of any interest (whether temporary or permanent, or even only in profits) in the soil, exclusive of other persons, such as entitles him who holds it to maintain an action of trespass against an invader.n. Specifically, the precinct of a cathedral or an abbey; a minster-yard.n. A narrow passage or entrance, such as leads from a main street to the stair of a building containing several tenements; the entry to a court; a narrow lane leading from a street: as, a close in Marylebone.In cribbage, noting cards which are near together, so that sequences are possible, such as the 5 and 7.Formed or pronounced with a partial closing of the lips: as, a close vowel.