closer

[Clos·er]

(comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance

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One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot.

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"

Adverb
(comparative of `near'' or `close'') within a shorter distance; "come closer, my dear!"; "they drew nearer"; "getting nearer to the true explanation"


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.


Closer

Clos"er , n. 1. One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot. 2. A finisher; that which finishes or terminates. 3. (Masonry) The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course. Gwilt.

One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot.

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Usage Examples

As the plane got closer to Miami, I had this terrible feeling he was dying. Maybe he was telling me that he was going. I felt anger, panic, despair and helplessness.

Art is nothing but the expression of our dream the more we surrender to it the closer we get to the inner truth of things, our dream-life, the true life that scorns questions and does not see them.

Films for TV have to be much closer to the book, mainly because the objective with a TV movie that translates literature is to get the audience, after seeing this version, to pick up the book and read it themselves. My attitude is that TV can never really be any form of art, because it serves audience expectations.

I do genuinely believe that the political system is not linear. When it reaches a tipping point fashioned by a critical mass of opinion, the slow pace of change we're used to will no longer be the norm. I see a lot of signs every day that we're moving closer and closer to that tipping point.

For most of my 20s, I looked like I was 12. Now that I'm pushing 40, I guess I look closer to... 15? It must be my macrobiotic diet. Oh, wait, except that I don't have one of those.

Google is a global Rorschach test. We see in it what we want to see. Google has built an infrastructure that makes a lot of dreams closer to reality.

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.

As we get closer to the end of this Congress, we should be addressing the urgent needs of the American people - the war in Iraq, affordable health care, a sensible energy policy, quality education for our children, retirement security, and a sound and fair fiscal policy.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

Aren't we at the point where the closer we get to chaos, the more concern that there should be about coming to the table and compromising with Democrats? This is not leadership. This is almost like dictatorship.

I can tell you one thing, Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago, or a month ago or a year ago. It's just moving on with its efforts.

All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws.

I believe that the short story is as different a form from the novel as poetry is, and the best stories seem to me to be perhaps closer in spirit to poetry than to novels.

As time goes on we get closer to that American Dream of there being a pie cut up and shared. Usually greed and selfishness prevent that and there is always one bad apple in every barrel.

Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth.

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