Emily Dickinson Lexicon

close (-d, -s), v. [ME < OFr < L. claud-ere, to shut, close.] (webplay: attending, book, bore, cover, eyes, day, door, gate, lid, life, low, night, open, parts, pause, shut, shutter, tight, time, up, whole).

1. End; finish; terminate; conclude; [fig.] die.
2. Stop; block; shut.
3. Shut; bring parts into near contact; come together into contact or union.
4. Cover; inclose; encompass.