{"def":{"short":"to close (literally or figuratively)","long":["to shut, shut up","metaphorically",["to cause the heavens to withhold rain","to shut up compassion so that it is like a thing inaccessible to one, to be devoid of pity towards one","to obstruct the entrance into the kingdom of heaven"]]},"deriv":"a primary verb","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈkli.o","ipa_mod":"ˈkli.ow","sbl":"kleiō","dic":"KLEE-oh","dic_mod":"KLEE-oh"}}