Close, end, conclude, finish, complete, terminate mean to bring or come to a stopping point or limit. Close usually implies that something has been in some way open as well as unfinished. Definition of close 1 verb from the oxford advanced learner's dictionary.
[transitive, intransitive] close (something) to put something into a position so that it covers an opening; 6 days agoclose (third-person singular simple present closes, present participle closing, simple past and past participle closed) (physical) to remove or block an opening, gap or passage through. The close of a period of time or an activity is the end of it.
To bring or draw something to a close means to end it. He is known to be close with his money. [middle english clos, closed, from old french, from latin clausus, past participle of claudere, to close.
V., from middle english closen, from old french clore, clos-, from latin claudere.] The close surname appeared 9,474 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the united states, approximately 3 would have the surname close. To close is to shut something or to end something.
You could close a door, close your mouth, or even close a deal.