Closer
['kləuzə(r)] or ['klozɚ]
Definition
(noun.) (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game.
(noun.) a person who closes something; 'whoever is the closer has to turn out the lights and lock up'.
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Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot.
(n.) A finisher; that which finishes or terminates.
(n.) The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course.
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Examples
- Instead of letting go he drew her closer to him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Mr. Jobling is buttoned up closer than mere adornment might require. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Ada only dropped her head and pressed me closer to her heart. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As I drew closer to listen to their words a warrior entered the room from the hall beyond. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- For what seemed hours the eyes approached gradually closer and closer, until I felt that I should go mad for the horror of it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He slowly laid his face down upon her bosom, drew his arms closer round her neck, and with one parting sob began the world. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The very danger drew them closer. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It's going on, and I shall gather it up closer and closer as it goes on. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His business affairs had become complicated during the strike, and required closer attention than he had given to them last winter. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The offspring nestled to the parent; that parent, feeling the endearment and hearing the appeal, gathered her closer still. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- As the pirates swooped closer toward the ground, thern soldiery poured from the temples into the gardens and courts. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The convict drew closer to him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I shuddered involuntarily, and clung instinctively closer to my blind but beloved master. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He crept closer through the trees until he was quite close above them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- If it was closer to the front I could take you to a first medical post. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
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