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Definition: Close Up |
Close UpAdverb1. Very close; "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed". Verb1. Block passage through; "obstruct the path". 2. Refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Fine Arts | A photograph or film or television shot taken at close range. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A scene or action in which only a small part of the performer or subject matter is visible in the. . . frame. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Synonyms: Close UpSynonyms: at close range (adv), be quiet (v), belt up (v), block (v), button up (v), clam up (v), dummy up (v), impede (v), jam (v), keep mum (v), obstruct (v), obturate (v), occlude (v), shut up (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: free (v), open up (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Close Up |
| English words defined with "close up": Archaeostomatous ♦ Bee glue ♦ collapse. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "close up": Candles of the Night ♦ Lamp of Heaven ♦ tamping plug. (references) |
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Screenplays | Arch, let me help you close up. (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear) No. To close up is to close down, to close down is to go out of business (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear) Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; or close up the wall with our English dead (Henry V; writing credit: Kenneth Branagh; William Shakespeare) | |
Lyrics | 'Cause I wanna see you, baby, real close up (Hella Good; performing artist: No Doubt) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Close Up (1960) David Beckham: Close Up (2002) XCU: Extreme Close Up (2001) Sean Connery Close Up (1997) Close Up (1997) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Shown is a close up of a slice of a baguette. This photo was part of the interactive CD. Credit: Renee Comet (Photographer). |  | Shows two individual shots of front of building 1 (Shannon Building). One shot is a close up of front showing pillars and some surrounding building. Another shot shows super close up of front door and pillars. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Close up view of some high clouds in Neptune's atmosphere. Credit: NASA. |  | An extreme close up view of sediment being pumped onto the marsh platform. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Close up of Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmatta, where a coral branch has been previously severed. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Close up of worm tubes, sometimes the most prominent structures on sandy bottom. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Close up of the ahermatypic coral, Tubastrea sp. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | Close up of gills on the nudibranch, Hexabranchus sanguineus, a swimming nudibranch. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |
 | Close up of permanent diversion structure and fish screen installed on the Salmon River as part of salmon recovery work in the Salmon Model Watershed. Credit: Joel McNee. |  | Close up of pyramid of ears of red, white and yellow corn. Credit: USDA. |
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Expressions using "close up": big close up ♦ close up tight ♦ close up to ♦ close up with ♦ medium close up. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "close up"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | përthahem, përshkrim i hollësishëm (explication, specification), ndal (arrest, becalm, check, cut, discontinue, end, fight off, fold, halt, heave to, hold, interrupt, pull in, pull up, rein up, shut down, stay, stem, stop), mbyllem (cicatrize, close, lock, shut), mbyll (bung, calk, caulk, close, commit, confine, crib, dry up, encase, enclose, encompass, end, entomb, fasten, furl, glue up, hush up, impound, inclose, key, lap, obturate, occlude, pen, screw on, seal, shut, shut down, shut up, shutter, stop, stop up, stuff, suffuse, turn off, wind up, wrap up), fotografim nga afër, bllokoj (block, blockade, clog, freeze, immobilize, jam, lay up, lock, obstruct, occlude, stop, tie up), bashkoj (add together, ally, amalgamate, band together, combine, compound, conglomerate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, consolidate, couple, fuse, fuze, glue, hook up, inosculate, integrate, interlock, join, joint, knit, link, merge, piece, piece together, pool, solder, splice, unify, unite, weld), afroj (approach, bring close together, bring near to, nigh). (various references) | |
Arabic | غلق تماما (shut down), غلق (bolt, chap, close, hinder, lock, lockup, make, seam off, shut, shut down, sock in), سد (bar, barrage, block, bung, clog, close, congest, dam, dike, dyke, embankment, fill, floodgate, foul, lock, mure, obturate, obturation, occlude, occlusion, pack, plug, seal, shut, stem, stop, stop up, stuff, tamp, wad, weir). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сраствам се (accrete, coalesce, granulate, knit, knit together), сплотявам се (ally), кадър отблизо, закривам се, едър план (close shot), придвижвам се по-наблизо, поглед отблизо, подробно описание. (various references) | |
Chinese | 閉塞 (blocking, hard to get to, inaccessible, out of the way, stop up, unenlightened). (various references) | |
Czech | zarùst (overgrow, shag), uzavřít se, semknout se, hojit se (heal), detail (detail, inset, particular, technicalities). (various references) | |
Danish | nærbillede (close-up). (various references) | |
Dutch | close-up (close-up), opname van dichtbij (close-up, close-up view), detailopname (close-up, close-up view). (various references) | |
French | se cicatriser, plan serré (close-up), gros plan (close-up, close-up view), GP (close-up), fermer définitivement, bloquer (clog). (various references) | |
German | Großaufnahme. (various references) | |
Greek | κλείνω (close, close down, cover over, shut, to close, turn off), κοντινό πλάνο (close-up), γκρο πλαν (close-up), φράζω (bar, obstruct), από κοντά. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לסתום (choke, clog, conceal, plug, shut, stop, stop up, wad), תקריב, תצלום מקרוב. (various references) | |
Hungarian | premier plán, közelkép (closeup, close-up), elzáródik (to clog, to close up), bezár (coop, encompass, immure, incarcerate, lock, lock on, lock up, shut, shut in, shut up, to bolt in, to box in, to bung, to bung up, to cloister, to close, to close up, to enclose, to encompass, to fold up, to immure, to incarcerate, to latch, to mew, to pin, to shut down, to shut in). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menghimpit (press). (various references) | |
Italian | primo piano (first floor, foreground). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 店仕舞 (close up shop, go out of business, stop business), 殻'閉ざす (to close up like an oyster, to retire into one's shell), 壅ぐ (to block, to close up, to fill up, to occupy, to plug up, to shut up, to stand in another's way, to stop up, to take up), 塞ぐ (to block, to close up, to fill up, to occupy, to plug up, to shut up, to stand in another's way, to stop up, to take up). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ふさぐ (to block, to close up, to fill up, to occupy, to plug up, to shut up, to stand in another's way, to stop up, to take up), から'とざす (to close up like an oyster, to retire into one's shell), みせじまい (close for the day, close up shop, go out of business, stop business). (various references) | |
Manx | jeigh (close, closing, shut, shutting), chionney ry-cheilley (bunch). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oseclay upay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | trancar (bar, latch, lock, obstruct), grande plano (close-up). (various references) | |
Romanian | strângeţi rândurile (serry your ranks), se apropia (advance, approach, approximate, brew, close in, come, come on, draw, draw near, draw on, drive up, near), se închide din nou, premier-plan. (various references) | |
Russian | крупный план, затягиваться (inhale, linger, toked), залепить (stick), запечатать (seal), поблизости (hereabout, hereabouts, near, nigh, thereabout, thereabouts, within call), плотно затыкать. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | snimak iz blizine, gro-plan. (various references) | |
Spanish | primer plano (forefront, foreground). (various references) | |
Swedish | tillsluta (seal), närbild. (various references) | |
Turkish | yakından çekilen fotoğraf, yakın görüş, yakın çekim, samimi anlatım, sıklaşmak (be more often, thicken), kapatmak (ante up, buy up, cap, clear, close, close down, cloud, cover, enclose, furl, impound, incarcerate, inclose, intern, interrupt, liquidate, obturate, occlude, put up, seal, seal off, shut, shut down, shut off, shut to, shut up, switch off, wall), kapanmak (be closed, be shut, be suspended, cicatrize, cloister, close down, fold, fold up, go into liquidation, hole, hole up, overcast, overcloud, scar over, shut, shut to), birbirine yaklaşmak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ретельний огляд (overhaul), великий план, закривати (bar, blench, break up, close, close down, fasten up, flounce, obturate, occlude, occult, shut), ліквідувати (do away, eliminate, liquidate, sell out, wind up, wipe off). (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adcludens, obclusum, occludere. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Amos Chapter 9, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | En th hmera ekeinh anasthsw thn skhnhn dauid thn peptwkuian kai anoikodomhsw ta peptwkota authV kai ta kateskammena authV anasthsw kai anoikodomhsw authn kaqwV ai hmerai tou aiwnoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | In die illo suscitabo tabernaculum David quod cecidit et reaedificabo aperturas murorum eius et ea quae corruerant instaurabo et reaedificabo eum sicut diebus antiquis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | In that day Y shal rayse the tabernacle of Dauid, that felle doun, and Y shal ayein beelde opnyngis of wallis therof, and Y shal instore tho thingis that fellen to gydre; and Y shal ayein beelde hym, |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up their breaches; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | In that day I will put up the tent of David which has come down, and make good its broken places; and I will put up again his damaged walls, building it up as in the past; |
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| Language | Amos Chapter 9, Verse 11 |
| Albanian | "Atë ditë do të ngre përsëri tabernakullin e Davidit që ka rënë, do të ndreq të çarat e tij dhe do të ngre rrënojat e tij, dhe do ta rindërtoj si në ditët e lashta, |
| Cebuano | ¶ Niadtong adlawa akong patindogon ang tabernaculo ni David nga napukan, ug tapakan ang mga nangatumpag niini; ug akong bangonon ang iyang mga kuta nga nangagun-ob, ug tukoron ko kini ingon sa karaang mga adlaw; |
| Croatian | "U dan æu onaj podiæi raspalu kolibu Davidovu, zatvorit' joj pukotine, popraviti mjesta ruševna, opet je sazidati k'o u stara vremena, |
| Danish | På hin dag rejser jeg Davids faldne Hytte; jeg tætter dens Revner, opfører, hvad der sank i Grus, og bygger den som i gamle Dage, |
| Dutch | Te dien dage zal Ik de vervallen hut van David weder oprichten, en Ik zal haar reten vertuinen, en wat aan haar is afgebroken, weder oprichten, en zal ze bouwen, als in de dagen van ouds; |
| Finnish | Sinä päivänä minä pystytän jälleen Daavidin sortuneen majan ja korjaan sen repeämät ja pystytän sen luhistumat, ja rakennan sen sellaiseksi, kuin se oli muinaisina päivinä, |
| French | En ce temps-l , je relèverai de sa chute la maison de David, J`en réparerai les brèches, j`en redresserai les ruines, Et je la rebâtirai comme elle était autrefois, |
| German | Zur selben Zeit will ich die zerfallene Hütte Davids wieder aufrichten und ihre Lücken verzäunen, und was abgebrochen ist, wieder aufrichten und will sie bauen wie sie vorzeiten gewesen ist, |
| Hungarian | Azon a napon felemelem a Dávid leomlott sátorát, és kijavítom repedezéseit, és felemelem omladékait, és megépítem azt, mint volt hajdanán. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | TUHAN berkata, "Akan tiba saatnya Aku memulihkan kerajaan Daud. Sekarang kerajaan itu telah menjadi seperti rumah yang roboh. Tetapi tembok-temboknya akan Kuperbaiki dan Kubangun kembali sehingga menjadi seperti dahulu kala. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka pada hari itu Aku akan membangunkan pula pondok Daud yang sudah buruk itu dan Aku akan menumpatkan segala tetasannya dan membaiki pula segala kerusakannya dan Aku akan membangunkan dia pula seperti pada zaman dahulu kala; |
| Maori | ¶ I taua ra ka ara i ahau te tapenakara o Rawiri kua hinga nei, ka tutakina ano e ahau ona wahi pakaru; ka ara ano i ahau ona wahi i whakahoroa, ki hanga ano e ahau kia rite ki nga ra o mua: |
| Norwegian | På den dag vil jeg reise op igjen Davids falne hytte, og jeg vil mure igjen dens revner og reise op det som er nedbrutt av den, og jeg vil bygge den op igjen som i fordums dager, |
| Portuguese | Naquele dia tornarei a levantar o tabernáculo de Davi, que está caído, e repararei as suas brechas, e tornarei a levantar as suas ruínas, e as reedificarei como nos dias antigos; |
| Rumanian | ,,Kn vremea aceea voi ridica din cqderea lui cortul lui David, ki voi drege spqrturile, ki voi ridica dqrkmqturile, wi -l voi zidi iarqw cum era odinioarq, |
| Russian | ч ФПФ "ЕОШ с ЧПУУФБОПЧМА УЛЙОЙА дБЧЙ"ПЧХ Б"ЫХА, ЪБ"ЕМБА ФТЕЭЙОЩ Ч ОЕК Й ТБЪТХЫЕООПЕ ЧПУУФБОПЧМА, Й ХУФТПА ЕЕ, ЛБЛ Ч "ОЙ "ТЕЧОЙЕ, |
| Spanish | "En aquel día levantaré el tabernáculo caído de David y cerraré sus brechas. Reconstruiré sus ruinas y lo edificaré como en el tiempo pasado, |
| Swedish | På den dagen skall jag upprätta Davids förfallna hydda; jag skall mura igen dess revor och upprätta dess ruiner och bygga upp den, sådan den var i forna dagar; |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: closeup, couples. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-l-o-p-s-u" | |
-1 letter: coleus, coupes, couple, cupels, loupes, oscule. | |
-2 letters: clops, close, clues, coles, copes, copse, coupe, coups, cupel, locus, lopes, loupe, loups, louse, luces, ousel, poles, puces, pules, pulse, scope, sculp, slope, socle. | |
-3 letters: cels, ceps, clop, clue, cole, cols, cope, cops, coup, cues, cups, cusp, ecus, epos, lope, lops, lose, loup, luce, lues, oles. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-l-o-p-s-u" | |
+1 letter: closeups, couplers, couplets, octuples, opuscule, scopulae. | |
+2 letters: clupeoids, copulates, corpuscle, decouples, octuplets, opercules, opulences, opuscules, populaces, poultices, recouples, supercoil, supercool, uncouples. | |
+3 letters: acephalous, cloudscape, compulsive, corpuscles, leucoplast, operculars, operculums, opulencies, peculators, pediculous, pelycosaur, pleustonic, pocketfuls, pocketsful, preciously, preclusion, pronucleus, pseudocoel, speciously, speculator, superblock, supercoils, supercools, uncouplers. | |
+4 letters: cantaloupes, cloudscapes, colporteurs, compulsives, copublished, copublisher, copublishes, copulatives, corpulences, couplements, eucalyptols, fluoroscope, groupuscule, leucoplasts, nucleoplasm, patchoulies, peculations, pediculoses, pediculosis, pelycosaurs, preclusions, procedurals, pseudocoels, speculation, speculators, superblocks, supercoiled, supercooled, superschool. | |
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