zamknąć — meaning in English

English meaning

• close verb To shut something, removing a gap or opening.
• lock noun A device that fastens something shut, opened only with a key, code, or similar means.
• shut verb To close something, such as a door, book, or business.

Senses

zamknąć is used for these senses in English:

• lock (transitive) To fasten with a lock.
• lock down To blockade and lock (e.g. a building or campus) so as to prevent ingress or egress; to make the occupants (of an area) stay locked indoors for their safety.
• lock up (transitive) To imprison or incarcerate (someone).
• lock up (intransitive) To close (and often lock) all doors and windows (of a place) securely.
• shut (transitive) To confine in an enclosed area; to enclose.
• shut up (ergative, derogatory, often imperative) Of a person, to stop talking (said by someone, often one in authority, after one has said something annoying, irrelevant, or false, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk) or arguing, or (of a person or thing) making noise.

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.

lock — full definition

1. noun A device that fastens something shut, opened only with a key, code, or similar means.
2. verb To fasten something with a lock, or to become fixed in place.
3. noun A section of a canal enclosed by gates, used to raise or lower boats between different water levels.
4. noun A strand or tuft of hair.

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