fermer — meaning in English

English meaning

• close verb To shut something, removing a gap or opening.
• plug noun A device with pins that connects an appliance to an electrical socket.
• shut verb To close something, such as a door, book, or business.

Senses

fermer is used for these senses in English:

• cast off (intransitive, knitting) To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
• close (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
• close (physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
• close down (ambitransitive) To stop trading as a business.
• plug (transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
• shut (transitive) To confine in an enclosed area; to enclose.
• shut up (transitive) To close (a building) so that no one can enter.
• turn off (transitive) To rotate a tap or valve so as to interrupt the outflow of liquid or gas.

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.

plug — full definition

1. noun A device with pins that connects an appliance to an electrical socket.
2. noun An object used to fill or block a hole.
3. verb To connect a device to a power source using its plug.
4. verb To block or seal a hole or gap.
5. verb (informal) To promote or mention something favourably, especially one's own work.

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