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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Close \Close\ (kl[=o]s), a. [Compar. {Closer} (kl[=o]"s[~e]r);
     superl. {Closest}.] [Of. & F. clos, p. p. of clore. See
     {Close}, v. t.]
     1. Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box.
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              From a close bower this dainty music flowed.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters. "A
        close prison." --Dickens.
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     3. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a
        feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc.
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              If the rooms be low-roofed, or full of windows and
              doors, the one maketh the air close, . . . and the
              other maketh it exceeding unequal.    --Bacon.
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     4. Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close
        prisoner.
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     5. Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden. "He
        yet kept himself close because of Saul." --1 Chron. xii. 1
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              "Her close intent."                   --Spenser.
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     6. Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent. "For
        secrecy, no lady closer." --Shak.
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     7. Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact;
        as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as
        applied to liquids.
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              The golden globe being put into a press, . . . the
              water made itself way through the pores of that very
              close metal.                          --Locke.
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     8. Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning. "Where the
        original is close no version can reach it in the same
        compass." --Dryden.
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     9. Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; --
        often followed by to.
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              Plant the spring crocuses close to a wall.
                                                    --Mortimer.
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              The thought of the Man of sorrows seemed a very
              close thing -- not a faint hearsay.   --G. Eliot.
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     10. Short; as, to cut grass or hair close.
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     11. Intimate; familiar; confidential.
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               League with you I seek
               And mutual amity, so strait, so close,
               That I with you must dwell, or you with me.
                                                    --Milton.
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     12. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote.
         "A close contest." --Prescott.
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     13. Difficult to obtain; as, money is close. --Bartlett.
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     14. Parsimonious; stingy. "A crusty old fellow, as close as a
         vise." --Hawthorne.
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     15. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact;
         strict; as, a close translation. --Locke.
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     16. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating;
         strict; not wandering; as, a close observer.
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     17. (Phon.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of
         the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French,
         Italian, and German; -- opposed to open.
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     {Close borough}. See under {Borough}.
  
     {Close breeding}. See under {Breeding}.
  
     {Close communion}, communion in the Lord's supper, restricted
        to those who have received baptism by immersion.
  
     {Close corporation}, a body or corporation which fills its
        own vacancies.
  
     {Close fertilization}. (Bot.) See {Fertilization}.
  
     {Close harmony} (Mus.), compact harmony, in which the tones
        composing each chord are not widely distributed over
        several octaves.
  
     {Close time}, a fixed period during which killing game or
        catching certain fish is prohibited by law.
  
     {Close vowel} (Pron.), a vowel which is pronounced with a
        diminished aperture of the lips, or with contraction of
        the cavity of the mouth.
  
     {Close to the wind} (Naut.), directed as nearly to the point
        from which the wind blows as it is possible to sail;
        closehauled; -- said of a vessel.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  closest
       adv : (superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest
             distance; "that was the time he came nearest to death"
             [syn: {nearest}, {nighest}]

















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