What is the meaning of locked?

verb

  • Fasten with a lock.
    • usage: "lock the bike to the fence"
  • Keep engaged.
    • usage: "engaged the gears"
  • Become rigid or immoveable.
    • usage: "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
  • Hold in a locking position.
    • usage: "He locked his hands around her neck"
  • Become engaged or intermeshed with one another.
    • usage: "They were locked in embrace"
  • Hold fast (in a certain state. )
    • usage: "He was locked in a laughing fit"
  • Place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape.
    • usage: "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"
  • Pass by means through a lock in a waterway.
  • Build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels.
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APAWordNet. (2010). locked. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/locked/definitions/1177695
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "locked" http://smartdefine.org/locked/definitions/1177695 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, locked, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/locked/definitions/1177695>.
MLAWordNet. "locked" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/locked/definitions/1177695>
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