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Definition: (adjective) of the night; active at night.
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adjective
  1. Not far from another in space, time, or relation: adjacent, contiguous, immediate, near, nearby, nigh, proximate. Idioms: at hand, under one's nose, within a stone's throw, within hailing distance. See near
  2. Very closely associated: chummy, familiar, friendly, intimate 1. Informal: thick. Slang: tight. Idiom: hand in glove with. See love
  3. Having all parts near to each other: compact 1, crowded, dense, packed, thick, tight. See tighten
  4. Nearly equivalent or even: neck and neck, nip and tuck, tight. See near
  5. Not deviating from correctness, accuracy, or completeness: exact, faithful, full, rigorous, strict. See careful
  6. Affording little room for movement: confining, cramped, crowded, narrow, snug, tight. See tighten
  7. Oppressive due to a lack of fresh air: airless, stifling, stuffy. See breath, open
  8. Not speaking freely or openly: close-mouthed, incommunicable, incommunicative, reserved, reticent, silent, taciturn, tightlipped, uncommunicable, uncommunicative. See restraint, sounds
  9. Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money: cheap, close-fisted, costive, hard-fisted, mean 2, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, petty, pinching, stingy, tight, tightfisted. See give
verb
  1. To move (a door, for example) in order to cover an opening: shut. See open
  2. To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container: block, choke, clog, congest, cork, fill, plug, stop. See full
  3. To bring or come to a natural or proper end: complete, conclude, consummate, end, finish, terminate, wind up, wrap up. See start
  4. To come together: converge, meet 1. See open
phrasal verb

close in
To surround and advance upon: besiege, enclose, envelop, hedge, hem. See open
phrasal verb

close off
To set apart from a group: cut off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester. See include
phrasal verb

close out
To get rid of completely by selling, especially in quantity or at a discount: dump, sell off, sell out, unload. See transactions
noun
  1. A concluding or terminating: cease, cessation, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, end of the line, finish, period, stop, stopping point, termination, terminus, wind-up, wrap-up. See continue
  2. The last part: conclusion, end, ending, finale, finish, last 1, termination, wind-up, wrap-up. See start
  3. An area partially or entirely enclosed by walls or buildings: atrium, court, courtyard, enclosure, quad, quadrangle, yard. See place
adverb
To a point near in time, space, or relation: closely, hard, near, nearby, nigh. See near
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