closed

• abated
• adjoined
• approached
• arrived
• attained
• banged
• barred
• barricaded
• bellied up
• bit the dust
• blockaded
• blocked
• bolted
• bordered
• broke down
• broke off
• broke up
• came
• came up
• ceased
• chained
• choked
• clapped
• clapt
• climaxed
• clogged
• closed in
• closed out
• completed
• concluded
• congested
• consummated
• crept up
• crowned
• cut out
• dammed
• dead-ended
• determined
• died
• discontinued
• drew on
• elapsed
• ended
• exclusive
• expired
• extinguished
• failed
• fastened
• finished
• folded
• gagged
• gained
• gave over
• halted
• hit
• impassable
• impassible
• inaccessible
• jammed
• knocked off
• landed
• lapsed
• latched
• left off
• let up
• limited
• locked
• made
• muzzled
• neared
• nighed
• obstructed
• off-limits
• passed
• paused
• perfected
• phased out
• plugged
• private
• put paid to
• quelled
• quit
• quitted
• reached
• restricted
• sealed
• secured
• showed up
• shut
• silenced
• slammed
• sneaked up
• snuck up
• stalled
• stayed
• steeked
• stopped
• stoppered
• stuffed
• suppressed
• suspended
• terminated
• touched
• turned off
• turned up
• unavailable
• unnegotiable
• unpassable
• verged
• went
• winded down
• winded up
• wound down
• wound up
• wrapped up

• accessible
• available
• began
• built
• clear
• cleared
• cleared out
• collective
• commenced
• common
• communal
• continued
• departed
• drew out
• exited
• expanded
• extended
• free
• free-for-all
• hung on
• inaugurated
• left
• lighted out
• lit
• navigable
• negotiable
• open
• opened
• passable
• persisted
• prolonged
• protracted
• public
• pulled out
• quit
• quitted
• ran away
• receded
• removed
• retired
• retreated
• shared
• started
• took off
• unbarred
• unbolted
• unchained
• unclogged
• unclosed
• unfastened
• unlatched
• unlocked
• unobstructed
• unrestricted
• unsealed
• unstopped
• walked out
• went
• withdrew

• verb
  1. (physical) To remove a gap.
  2. (social) To finish, to terminate.
  3. To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
  4. To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
• adjective
  1. Sealed, made inaccessible or impassable; not open.
  2. (of a store or business) Not operating or conducting trade.
  3. Not public.
  4. (of a set) Having an open complement.
  5. (of a set) Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it.
  6. (of a formula) Lacking a free variable.
  7. (of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are the same, forming a closed loop.
  8. Formed by closing the mouth and nose passages completely, like the consonants /t/, /d/ and /p/.
  9. Having the sound cut off sharply by a following consonant, like the /ɪ/ in pin.

• The store was closed when I arrived last night.
• Please make sure the door is closed before you leave.
• The road is closed due to construction work.
• After the meeting, the team kept the discussion closed to outsiders.
• The museum is closed on Mondays every week.

abandoned

dammed

had done with

identified

jam-packed

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