locked
UK/lɒkt//lɑkt/
locked is the simple past and past participle of lock.
Adjective
locked (not comparable)
- Having undergone locking; secured by a lock.
- A locked door barred the way.
- Protected by a mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
- You can't delete a locked computer file.
- Very drunk.
- 'Drunk. Battered. Ar meisce. In a state of alcohol-induced intoxication.' […] Nadine and I once watched the news and had a shot of absinthe every time someone said unnatural. We were absolutely locked.'2021, Samantha Shannon, The Mask Falling, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 99
- Synonyms:
- drunk
- Bound to a carrier.
- Styled into dreadlocks; wearing dreadlocks.
- Synonyms:
- loc'd, dreadlocked
Meaning of lock
Verb
lock (third-person singular simple present locks, present participle locking, simple past locked, past participle locked or (obsolete) locken)
- To become fastened in place.
- If you put the brakes on too hard, the wheels will lock.
- To fasten with a lock.
- Remember to lock the door when you leave.
- Antonyms:
- unlock
- To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
- This door locks with a key.
- Antonyms:
- unlock
- To intertwine or dovetail.
- with his hands locked behind his back
- Synonyms:
- braid, lace, twine, betwine, entwist, entwine, interlace, interthread, intertwine, intertwist
- To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
- a pop and lock routine
- To furnish (a canal) with locks.
Synonyms of locked
Antonyms
Origin of locked
* (drunk): Perhaps from airlocked.
Words formed from locked
Phrases with locked
- locked in
- locked on
- lip locked
- locked off
- locked out
- core locked
- locked away
- locked down
- locked eyes
- locked into
- locked lips
- locked fault
16 more phrasesFewer phrases
- locked horns
- locked under
- locked faults
- locked groove
- locked grooves
- locked through
- tidally locked
- boxed and locked
- locked rotor amp
- locked rotor amps
- locked nucleic acid
- locked nucleic acids
- locked someone up and threw away the key
- locked someone up and thrown away the key
- locked the stable door after the horse had bolted
- locked the stable door after the horse had been stolen
Words that rhyme with locked
Questions about locked
- What does locked mean?
- Locked means having undergone locking; secured by a lock.
- What is locked the simple past and past participle of?
- Locked is the simple past and past participle of lock.
- What part of speech is locked?
- Locked is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce locked?
- Locked is pronounced /lɒkt/ (UK).
Words near locked in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: locked (page history and authors); lock (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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