Adjective shut in has 2 senses
- introvertish, shut-in - somewhat introverted
Antonyms: extroversive, extraversive (indirect, via ambiversive, introversive)
Antonym: ambiversive (indirect, via introversive, extroversive)
- homebound, housebound, shut-in - confined usually by illness
Antonym: unconfined (indirect, via confined)
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Noun shut in has 1 sense
- invalid, shut-in - someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
--1 is a kind of sick person, diseased person, sufferer
--1 is a member of homebound
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Verb shut in has 1 sense
- enclose, inclose, shut in - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"
--1 is one way to surround, skirt, border
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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