Shut-in may refer to:
People
*A shut-in is a person confined indoors, especially as a result of physical or mental disability
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Agoraphobe
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Recluse
A recluse is a person who lives in voluntary seclusion from the public and society. The word is from the Latin ''recludere'', which means "shut up" or "sequester". Historically, the word referred to a Christian hermit's total isolation from th ...
** Invalid, or
patient
A patient is any recipient of health care services that are performed by healthcare professionals. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, nurse, optometrist, dentist, veterinarian, or other health c ...
** ''
Hikikomori
, also known as acute social withdrawal, is total withdrawal from society and seeking extreme degrees of social isolation and confinement. ''Hikikomori'' refers to both the phenomenon in general and the recluses themselves. ''Hikikomori'' ha ...
'', a Japanese term for reclusive adolescents or adults who withdraw from social life
Geography
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Shut-in (river)
A shut-in is a type of rock formation found in streams in the Ozarks, comprising pools, rivulets, rapids and plunge pools. The term has an origin in Appalachia.
Description
A shut-in is a rock formation that carve through a mountain ranges, c ...
, a river that's naturally confined within a deep, narrow channel
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Shut-in Creek
Shut-in Creek is a stream in Iron and Reynolds Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Imboden Fork.
The stream headwaters arise in Iron County within the Bell Mountain Wilderness at at an elevation of about . The stream flow ...
, a creek in Missouri, US
Film
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''Intruders'' (2015 film), a thriller starring Beth Riesgraf, also known as ''Shut In''
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''Shut In'' (2016 film), a thriller starring Naomi Watts
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''Shut In'' (2022 film), a thriller starring Rainey Qualley, Josh Horowitz, and Vincent Gallo
Other uses
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Shut-in (oil drilling)
In the petroleum industry
The petroleum industry, also known as the oil industry or the oil patch, includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transportation (often by oil tankers and pipelines), and marketing of pet ...
, the implementation of a production cap lower than the available output at a particular site
*"
The Shut-In!", an episode of ''Amphibia''
See also
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Shut (disambiguation)
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In (disambiguation)
IN, In or in may refer to:
Places
* India (country code IN)
* Indiana, United States (postal code IN)
* Ingolstadt, Germany (license plate code IN)
* In, Russia, a town in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Businesses and organizations
* Independ ...
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