verb#1,441 by frequency
lock
/lɒk/
To fasten with a lock; To become fastened in place
- he/she/it
- locks
- past participle
- locked
Meanings
- 1
To fasten with a lock
Tom found the door locked.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
Could you lock the door?
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
To become fastened in place
- 3
To be capable of becoming fastened in placerare
- 4
To intertwine or dovetailrare
- 5
To freeze one's body or a part thereof in placerare
- 6
To furnish (a canal) with locksrare
- 7
To raise or lower (a boat) in a lockrare
- 8
To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm themrare
- 9
To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in itrare
- 10
To prevent a page from being edited by other usersrare