shutshut /ʃʌt/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp shut, present participle shutting) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]1 (also shut down)COMMERCE if a company, factory etc shuts or is shut, it stops operating permanentlySYN CLOSE DOWNThe steel company plans to shut two of its factories.
The airline shut down at midnight on Friday.
Regulators were threatening to shut the bank down.
2COMMERCEif a shop or business shuts or is shut, it stops operating at the end of the working day or for the weekend etcSYN CLOSEWe shut at 5.30.
Do you shut the shop for lunch?