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LOCKED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of lock 2. to put an object in a safe place and fasten a lock…. Learn more.
LOCK definition: 1. a device that prevents something such as a door from being opened and can only be opened with a…. Learn more.
1. fastened with a lock. He moved along the corridor towards the locked door at the end. I tried to open the suitcase but it was locked. 2. engaged in an activity in a way that suggests an inability to stop. locked in battle. locked in an embrace. Collins English Dictionary.
To fix in place so that movement or escape is impossible; hold fast: The ship was locked in the ice through the winter. She felt that she had become locked into a binding agreement.
verb. ˈläk. variants or lock. locing ˈlä-kiŋ or locking; loc'd ˈläkt or locked; locs or locks. transitive + intransitive. : to form into dreadlocks. Let's face it: The process of waiting for your hair to loc can be both lengthy and frustrating. Del Sandeen. You can choose to let the hair loc and then separate it.
Definition of lock verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. fastened with a lock. He moved along the corridor towards the locked door at the end. I tried to open the suitcase but it was locked. 2. engaged in an activity in a way that suggests an inability to stop. locked in battle. locked in an embrace. Collins English Dictionary.
to put into a place, room, etc., and lock its doors: [ ~ + object + in] They locked him in with the other prisoners. [ ~ + in + object] The guard locked in the prisoners every night. lock out: [ ~ + object + out] to keep out by or as if by a lock: I was locked out of my car.
Locked Definition. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Verb. Adjective. Filter. verb. Simple past tense and past participle of lock. Wiktionary. Synonyms: barred. confined. walled. bolted. secured. clasped. detained. immured. imprisoned. incarcerated. jailed. interned. curled. caged. gripped. Antonyms: unlocked. unfastened. unclasped.
The lock on something such as a door or a drawer is the device which is used to keep it shut and prevent other people from opening it. Locks are opened with a key.
