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Definition of closed-up in English English dictionary

close up
To heal a cut or other wound

With stitches, the cut should close up in a week to ten days.

close up
To move people closer together

The crowd closed up and I couldn't get through to the train.

close up
To shut a building or a business for a period of time

The car factory has closed up for the August holidays.

close up
If an opening, gap, or something hollow closes up, or if you close it up, it becomes closed or covered. Don't use cold water as it shocks the blood vessels into closing up
close up
a proof correction mark to reduce the amount of space between characters or words indicated as (')
close up
If someone closes up a building, they shut it completely and securely, often because they are going away. Just close up the shop The summer house had been closed up all year. = shut up, lock up
close up
The camera is placed close to an object or person so that our attention is focusede on a particular detail These may serve as an in-point to a new scene, depicting a new fact or location in the story Close ups of a person have a number of different functions
close up
very close; "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed"
close up
{i} photo taken from a close distance
close up
block passage through; "obstruct the path"
close up
A flag hoisted to the top of a flagpole Also see at the dip
close up
refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"
close up
A mark used to indicate closing space between characters or words Usually used in proofing stages
close up
very close; "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed
close up
{f} shut, lock; reduce profits
close up
Remove word or line spacing
close up
A larger-than-normal image that is formed on a negative by focusing the subject closer than normal to the lens with the use of supplementary lenses, extension tubes or bellows
closed up
locked up, shut