close vs clothes
Definitions
verb
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- draw near
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- bring together all the elements or parts of
adjective
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- giving or spending with reluctance
- of textiles
- close in relevance or relationship
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
adverb
- in an attentive manner
- near in time or place or relationship
noun
- the concluding part of any performance
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the last section of a communication
Examples
When the new foods that came from the Americas - peppers, summer squash and especially tomatoes - took hold in the region, a number of closely related dishes were born, including what we call ratatouille - and a man from La Mancha calls pisto, an Ikarian Greek calls soufiko and a Turk calls turlu.
She tore her eyes from them for a moment to spy the bodhrán player in the tree, tapping out her rhythm with her eyes closed, not noticing the spy amongst them.
It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own.
Definitions
noun
- clothing in general
Examples
He came back hours later clothes ragged, an excited look on his face.
In many places, glittering among the clothes, were gold and silver coins, a few silver ornaments such as buckles, and watches -- things not missed by the pirates in the transport of their flight.
I lashed the clothes that I had been brought to wear at the hospital into the bag, a couple of ancient pairs of socks that felt suddenly found and familiar.
