lockt

Adjective

locked (not comparable)

1. Having undergone locking; secured by a lock.
   • A locked door barred the way.
2. Protected by a mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
   • You can't delete a locked computer file.
3. (Ireland) 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

4. Bound to a carrier.

   Synonyms:

   dedicated

   Antonyms:

   unlocked

5. Styled into dreadlocks; wearing dreadlocks.

   Synonyms:

   loc'd, dreadlocked

Verb

lock (third-person singular simple present locks, present participle locking, simple past locked, past participle locked or (obsolete) locken)

1. (intransitive) To become fastened in place.
   • If you put the brakes on too hard, the wheels will lock.
2. (transitive) To fasten with a lock.
   • Remember to lock the door when you leave.

   Antonyms:

   unlock

3. (intransitive) To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
   • This door locks with a key.

   Antonyms:

   unlock

4. (transitive) To intertwine or dovetail.
   • with his hands locked behind his back

   Synonyms:

   braid, lace, twine, betwine, entwist, entwine, interlace, interthread, intertwine, intertwist

5. (intransitive, break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
   • a pop and lock routine
6. To furnish (a canal) with locks.

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