Close \Close\ (kl[=o]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Closed (kl[=o]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Closing.]

[From OF. & F. clos, p. p. of clore to close, fr. L. claudere; akin to G. schliessen to shut, and to E. clot, cloister, clavicle, conclude, sluice. Cf. Clause, n.]

1. To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door. [1913 Webster]

2. To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up. [1913 Webster]

3. To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction. [1913 Webster]

One frugal supper did our studies close. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

4. To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine. [1913 Webster]

The depth closed me round about. --Jonah ii. 5. [1913 Webster]

But now thou dost thyself immure and close In some one corner of a feeble heart. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]

A closed sea, a sea within the jurisdiction of some particular nation, which controls its navigation. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

closing \closing\ adj. final or ending; terminal; as, the closing stages of the election; the closing weeks of the year; the closing scene of the film; closing remarks. Opposite of opening. [Narrower terms: year-end] [WordNet 1.5]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

closing \closing\ n.

1. the act of closing something.

Syn: shutting. [WordNet 1.5]

2. the last section of a communication.

Syn: conclusion, close, ending. [WordNet 1.5]

3. termination of operations.

Syn: closure, closedown, shutdown. [WordNet 1.5]

4. a concluding action.

Syn: completion, culmination, windup, mop up. [WordNet 1.5]

5. (Commerce) the final action in a commercial transaction, especially the meeting between buyer and seller (and in some cases mortgagee), or their representatives, in a transaction for sale of real estate in which all documents are signed and all procedures carried out to complete the sale; -- called also real estate closing. [PJC]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

60 Moby Thesaurus words for "closing": abandonment, accommodation, adjustment, arrangement, blockade, breakoff, capping, cease, ceasing, cessation, close, closure, concluding, conclusion, consummative, consummatory, crowning, culminating, culminative, decline, desinence, desistance, discontinuance, discontinuation, end, ending, eventual, final, finish, finishing, hindmost, homestretch, lag, lapse, last lap, last round, last stage, latest, latter, occlusion, perfecting, perfective, period, relinquishment, renunciation, sealing, settlement, shutdown, shutting, shutting up, signature, signing, solemnization, stop, stopping, surcease, terminal, terminating, termination, ultimate

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

closing adj : final or ending; "the closing stages of the election"; "the closing weeks of the year"; "the closing scene of the film"; "closing remarks" [ant: opening]

noun

1: the act of closing something [syn: shutting] [ant: opening]
2: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." [syn: conclusion, end, close, ending]
3: approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision" [syn: closure]
4: termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center" [syn: closure, closedown, shutdown]
5: a concluding action [syn: completion, culmination, windup, mop up]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Close \Close\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Closed; p. pr. & vb. n. Closing.]

[From OF. & F. clos, p. p. of clore to close, fr. L. claudere; akin to G. schliessen to shut, and to E. clot, cloister, clavicle, conclude, sluice. Cf. Clause, n.]

1. To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

2. To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up.

3. To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction.

One frugal supper did our studies close. --Dryden.

4. To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine.

The depth closed me round about. --Jonah ii. 5.

But now thou dost thyself immure and close In some one corner of a feeble heart. --Herbert.

A closed sea, a sea within the jurisdiction of some particular nation, which controls its navigation.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)