关 — meaning in English

English meaning

• apply verb To formally request something, such as a job or place at a school.
• close verb To shut something, removing a gap or opening.
• disable verb To take away someone's ability to do something, especially by injuring them.
• except preposition Used to introduce something left out of a general statement.
• exclude verb To keep someone or something out, or leave it out of consideration.
• hamper noun A large basket with a lid, used to carry or store items such as laundry or food.
• shut verb To close something, such as a door, book, or business.

Senses

关 is used for these senses in English:

• apply (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
• cast off (intransitive, knitting) To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
• close (physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
• close down (ambitransitive) To stop trading as a business.
• disable (chiefly, electronics, computing) To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
• except (transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
• exclude (transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
• go for (transitive) To try for, to attempt to reach.

apply — full definition

1. verb To formally request something, such as a job or place at a school.
2. verb To put something into use for a particular purpose.
3. verb To be relevant or have an effect on a particular case.

close — full definition

1. verb To shut something, removing a gap or opening.
2. verb To bring something to an end.
3. verb To stop operating, whether for the day or permanently.
4. adj Near in distance, time, or relationship.
5. adj Almost even or evenly matched.

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