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shut-in
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun shut-in has 1 sense
- shut-in(n = noun.person) invalid - someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury; Array is a member of homebound
is a kind of diseased person, sick person, sufferer
Adjective shut-in has 2 senses
- shut-in(s = adj.all) introvertish - somewhat introverted; Array
- shut-in(s = adj.all) homebound, housebound - confined usually by illness; Array
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