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locked

2 entries found.

Main Entry:
3lock
Function:
verb
Date:
14th century
transitive verb
1 a: to fasten the lock of b: to make fast with or as if with a lock <lock up the house>2 a: to fasten in or out or to make secure or inaccessible by or as if by means of locks <locked himself away from the curious world> b: to fix in a particular situation or method of operation <a team firmly locked in last place>3 a: to make fast, motionless, or inflexible especially by the interlacing or interlocking of parts <lock wheels> <lock a knee> b: to hold in a close embrace c: to grapple in combat ; also : to bind closely <administration and students were locked in conflict>4: to invest (capital) without assurance of easy convertibility into money5: to move or permit to pass (as a ship) by raising or lowering in a lockintransitive verb1 a: to become locked b: to be capable of being locked2: interlace, interlock3: to go or pass by means of a lock (as in a canal)
lock·able 
          Listen to the pronunciation of lockable \ˈlä-kə-bəl\ adjective
lock horns
: to come into conflict
lock on or lock onto
: to acquire (as a target or signal) automatically using a sensor (as radar)
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