lock
/lɑk/ verb B1- To form a dreadlock.
He/she/it locks · Past locked · Past participle locked · -ing form locking
Verb forms
- Base form
- lock
- He/she/it
- locks
- Past
- locked
- Past participle
- locked
- -ing form
- locking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- lock away To lock up; to lock in a safe place, out of view.
- lock down To secure (something).
- lock in Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To secure ...
- lock into To firmly commit to (something or someone).
- lock off To stop talking to (someone); to cut (someone) out; to gh...
- lock on To begin tracking a target via an automated system.
- lock out To inadvertently prevent (a person, particularly oneself)...
- lock through To travel through a lock, or a flight of locks, on a wate...
- lock up To imprison or incarcerate (someone).
From the library
He examined the lock of the safe, the door of the room, and finally the iron shutters of the window.
There were two golden bands fastened to them that passed around the back of her head, where they were locked together by a little key that was at the end of a chain the Guardian of the Gates wore around his neck.
Then the green man fitted spectacles for the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion, and even on little Toto; and all were locked fast with the key.
Matthew encountered the stationmaster locking up the ticket office preparatory to going home for supper, and asked him if the five-thirty train would soon be along.
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