Shuts meaning : The act or time of shutting; close. A door or cover; a shutter. The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together. To close, to stop from being open. To close, to stop being open. To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed. To confine in an enclosed area. To catch or snag in the act of shutting something. To preclude; to exclude; to bar out. A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.