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Definition: Close Off |
Close OffVerb1. Stem the flow of. 2. Isolate or separate. 3. Block off the passage through. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Close OffSynonyms: block off (v), shut off (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Close Off |
| English words defined with "close off": dangerously, door ♦ hazardously ♦ perilously ♦ shaved, shaven ♦ To take acquaintance of. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "close off": AI koan, Anaconda method ♦ BOAT-LOADER HELPER, BRAKE-LINING CURER ♦ Deputy, dock helper ♦ nikal, Nurse an Omnibus ♦ pier hand helper, PLANING-MACHINE OPERATOR, PROCRASTINATOR ♦ Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal, RIGGER HELPER ♦ SCIMETAR, secondary offering, SEWER AND INSPECTOR, SMASH HAND, Some AI Koans, spherical dam, stopoff, stopping builder ♦ TRANSFER-CAR OPERATOR ♦ wharf helper, wharf-tender helper. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Israel and the occupied territories | The internal closures may be severe when Palestinians are prohibited from using primary roads and physical barricades close off many secondary roads--or partial when most secondary roads but only some main roads are accessible to Palestinians, and roadblocks and checkpoints dot the open roads. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "close off"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Czech | uzavřit (close, seal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | mindst ét kammer i de pakkende stempelsikkerhedsventiler indeholder lukkende stempler(blind rams)eller en kombination af lukkende og overskaerende stempler,der under normale omstaendigheder fungerer som lukkende stempler og afspaerrer borehullet,naar bor (at least one chamber in the ram blowout preventers will contain blind rams, giving a complete closure of the hole, or a combination blind and shear ram assembly operating under standard conditions as blind rams to close off the well bore at any time that drill pipe or tools are removed from the hole), at afbryde stroemningsvejen (to close off the flow path). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | verrouiller. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | sperren (ban, bar, barricade, block, blockade, close, cut off, disconnect, freeze, halt, inhibit, jam, lock, obstruct, obstruction, shut off, space out, stick, stop, to inhibit, to interlock), absperren (barricade off, block off, lock up, mark off, seal off, section off, shut off, turn off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | φράσσω την οδό ροής (to close off the flow path), το λιγότερο,ένα από τα διαμερίσματα τωνβαλβίδων ασφαλείας,σιαγονοειδούς τύπου,του αντιεκρηκτικού μηχανισμού ασφαλείας θα είναι εφοδιασμ (giving a complete closure of the hole, or a combination blind and shear ram assembly operating under standard conditions as blind rams to close off the well bore at any time that drill pipe or tools are removed from the hole). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kizár (bar, disbar, disqualify, estop, exclude, foreclose, lock out, rub out, rule out, shut out, to blackball, to close off, to disbar, to disqualify, to except, to exclude, to expel, to foreclose, to keep out, to lock out, to shut out, to strangulate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | Sbarrare il cammino di portata (to close off the flow path), nei preventers a ganasce almeno una camera conterr ganasce cieche,o una combinazione di ganasce cieche con un insieme di ganasce trancianti,operanti in condizioni standard come ganasce cieche,per chiudere il foro pozzo ogni qualvolta aste di perforazion (at least one chamber in the ram blowout preventers will contain blind rams, giving a complete closure of the hole, or a combination blind and shear ram assembly operating under standard conditions as blind rams to close off the well bore at any time that drill pipe or tools are removed from the hole). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oseclay offay fechar completamente o caminho do escoamento (to close off the flow path). (various references) al menos una de las camaras de los obturadores de mordaza estara provista de mordazas de cierre o de una combinacion de mordazas de cierre y de corte, que funcionen en condiciones normales como m ordazas de cierre para cerrar el pozo en cualquier momento, (at least one chamber in the ram blowout preventers will contain blind rams, giving a complete closure of the hole, or a combination blind and shear ram assembly operating under standard conditions as blind rams to close off the well bore at any time that drill pipe or tools are removed from the hole). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | occludo. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-f-f-l-o-o-s" | |
-1 letter: coffles. | |
-2 letters: coffle, locoes. | |
-3 letters: clefs, close, coffs, coles, coofs, cools, flocs, floes, fools, locos, loofs, loose, oleos, scoff, socle. | |
-4 letters: cels, clef, coff, cole, cols, coof, cool, coos, effs, floc, floe, foes, fool, loco, loof, loos, lose, offs, oleo, oles, self, sloe, sole, solo. | |
-5 letters: cel, col, coo, cos, eff, efs, elf, els, foe. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-f-f-l-o-o-s" | |
+5 letters: officeholders. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6C 6F 73 65      4F 66 66 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101100 01101111 01110011 01100101 00100000 01001111 01100110 01100110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C l o s e   O f f |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006C 006F 0073 0065      004F 0066 0066 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37788185712497272 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, checo |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | dánský, dánština, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, dinamarquês, danés |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, francês, francés |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, alemão, alemán |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, grego, griego |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, húngaro |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italský, italština, ital, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugalský, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, portugués |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglicky, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, inglés |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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