An end or conclusion.
We owe them our thanks for bringing the project to a successful close.
The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
The doors of plank were; their close exquisite.
Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; .
Is your house close?
In a close manner (limited contexts; more often closely).
The car behind was following too close and could not brake in time.
A surname.
From Middle English closen (“to close, enclose”), partly continuing (in altered form) earlier Middle English clusen (“to close”) from Old English clȳsan (“to close, shut”); compare beclose, foreclose,...
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To make or become non-operational or unavailable for use.
We are closing the phone lines at 9 pm.
An enclosed field, especially a field enclosed around a (usually religious) building.
Compressed, restricted, constrained, etc.
a close alley; close quarters; close confines
Rigorous, careful, etc.
The patient was kept under close observation.