The difference between Shut and To
Shut is also noun with the meaning: the act or time of shutting.
Shut is also verb with the meaning: to close, to stop from being open.
Shut is also adjective with the meaning: closed.
To is also preposition with the meaning: in the direction of, and arriving at.
To is also adverb with the meaning: toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
check bellow for the other definitions of Shut and To
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Shut as a verb (transitive):
To close, to stop from being open.
Examples:
"Please shut the door."
"The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes."
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Shut as a verb (intransitive):
To close, to stop being open.
Examples:
"If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut."
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Shut as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive, chiefly, British):
To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.
Examples:
"The pharmacy is shut on Sunday."
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Shut as a verb:
To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
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Shut as an adjective:
closed
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Shut as a noun:
The act or time of shutting; close.
Examples:
"the shut of a door"
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Shut as a noun:
A door or cover; a shutter.
Examples:
"rfquotek Sir Isaac Newton"
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Shut as a noun:
The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.
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Shut as a noun (British, Shropshire, _, dialect):
A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.
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To as a preposition:
In the direction of, and arriving at.
Examples:
"We are walking to the shop."
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To as a preposition:
Examples:
"He devoted himself to education."
"They drank to his health."
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To as a preposition:
Examples:
"His face was beaten to a pulp."
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To as a preposition:
Examples:
"similar to ...'', ''relevant to ...'', ''pertinent to ...'', ''I was nice to him'', ''he was cruel to her'', ''I am used to walking."
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To as a preposition (obsolete):
As a.
Examples:
"With God to friend'' (with God as a friend); ''with The Devil to fiend'' (with the Devil as a foe); ''lambs slaughtered to lake'' (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); ''took her to wife'' (took her as a wife); ''was sold to slave'' (was sold as a slave)."
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To as a preposition (arithmetic):
Examples:
"one to one'' = 1:1"
"ten to one'' = 10:1."
"I have ten dollars to your four."
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To as a preposition (arithmetic):
.
Examples:
"Three squared or three to the second power is nine."
"Three to the power of two is nine."
"Three to the second is nine."
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To as a preposition:
Examples:
"I gave the book to him."
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To as a preposition (time):
Preceding.
Examples:
"ten to ten'' = 9:50; ''We're going to leave at ten to (the hour)."
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To as a preposition:
Examples:
"Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it."
"There's a lot of sense to what he says."
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To as a preposition (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands):
At.
Examples:
"Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y."
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To as an adverb:
Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
Examples:
"Please push the door to."
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To as an adverb (nautical):
Into the wind.
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To as an adverb: