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- Dictionarylocked/lɒkt/
adjective
- 1. fastened or secured with a lock: "behind locked doors"
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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.
To confine or exclude by or as if by means of a lock: locked the dog in for the night; locked the criminal up in a cell. 3. To fix in place so that movement or escape is impossible; hold fast: The ship was locked in the ice through the winter.
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.
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.
LOCK definition: 1. a device that prevents something such as a door from being opened and can only be opened with a…. Learn more.
[transitive] lock something (computing) to use a code or password to prevent data on a phone or computer from being changed or looked at by somebody without permission. These files are locked to protect confidentiality. My phone is locked and I've forgotten the password. Make sure you lock your screen if you leave your desk.
to (cause a door, window, building, etc., to) become fastened or made secure by the operation of a lock or locks: [ ~ + object] I locked the car doors. [ no object] The car doors lock automatically. to shut in a place by or as if by means of a lock:[ ~ + object] We locked the hamster in its cage.
