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shut-in definition

shut·-in (-in′)

adjective

  1. confined to one's home, an institution, etc. by illness or infirmity
  2. inclined to shun others; withdrawn

noun

an invalid who is shut-in

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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