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lock through

lock through verb: to travel through a lock, or a flight of locks, on a waterway.

lock through: to travel through a lock, or a flight of locks, on a waterway
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Verb

lock through (third-person singular simple present locks through, present participle locking through, simple past and past participle locked through)

  1. (intransitive, boating) To travel through a lock, or a flight of locks, on a waterway.

Forms of lock through

third-person singular presentlocks through
present participlelocking through
past participlelocked through
pastlocked through

Questions about lock through

What does lock through mean?
Lock through means to travel through a lock, or a flight of locks, on a waterway.
What part of speech is lock through?
Lock through is a verb.
What is the past tense of lock through?
The past tense of lock through is locked through.

Words near lock through in the dictionary

  1. lock step
  2. lock stitch
  3. lock stitches
  4. lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen
  5. lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
  6. lock through
  7. lock time
  8. lock times
  9. lock under
  10. lock up
  11. lock'd

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