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locked

verb

past tense of lock
1
as in latched

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2
as in wrapped

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for locked
  1. latched
  2. wrapped
  3. chained
  4. folded
  5. barred
  6. encircled
  7. bolted
  8. enveloped
Verb
  • His father, Jeff Cebula, said his son was looking at fish in a creek when a beaver latched onto his chest.
    — Ashley Paul, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • And a lot of people latched onto her as this avatar of this particular viewpoint of keeping women's sports exclusively for cisgender women.
    — Sam Fragoso, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of latched
Verb
  • Every wrapped stock that trades successfully today, and every charter proving regulated money movement can run through a single federal structure, makes the case for native issuance easier to make tomorrow.
    — Ivan Kan, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • After principal photography wrapped, many months would be spent in post-production augmenting the voices to create the right tone and weave them into the overall soundscape.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of wrapped
Verb
  • The Democrats wrote in a summary of the allegations that immigrants sleep while restrained with handcuffs, leg irons and belly chains, and even elderly people have been chained for 16 hours a day.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Apple is keeping up by enabling M5 Pro Mac minis to be chained together via Thunderbolt 5 to share their computational resources for larger AI models.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of chained
Verb
  • Since the last time the area had been grazed, a year earlier, the grasses had grown to chest height and then folded under their own weight.
    — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
  • His knees folded into his chest, the crown of his head burrowing down.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of folded
Verb
  • In a message to District 118 families Thursday, interim co-superintendents Todd Leden and Brian Wegley said Anderlik has been placed on administrative leave and is barred from entering district property or contacting students.
    — Mick Zawislak, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Despite the ruling, some journalists from all three outlets were barred from entering the White House on Thursday morning – even as Chinese state media outlets were granted entry.
    — Kevin Breuninger,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of barred
Verb
  • Ironically, the city’s position in a beautiful valley—encircled by the ridges of the Cumberland Plateau, at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains—also led to some persistent environmental issues.
    — Daliah Singer, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The soccer ball, muddy from outside, is encircled in one arm.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of encircled
Verb
  • Kiffin built Ole Miss into a national championship program, and then bolted before finishing the job.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • When Walker bounced out of a fourth and 1 scrum and bolted 60 yards for a touchdown in the Chiefs’ 31-10 trouncing of Denver, all at once the astounding was entirely familiar.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of bolted
Verb
  • Continue reading … ‘RED FLAGS’ — Dem candidate in hot seat over upcoming event hosted by man enveloped in fraud scandal.
    — , FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The shoes featured a high-cut vamp that enveloped most of the front of the foot, with visible seams going down the center of the vamp and along the sides, providing more structure for the soft leather shoes.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of enveloped
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“Locked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locked. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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