“locked” is a form of
lock
UK /lɒk/ · US /lɑk/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms locks locking locked locken
- noun Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
- noun (computing, by extension) A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
- noun A segment of a canal or other navigable waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
- noun (firearms) The firing mechanism in a gun.
- noun Complete control over a situation.
- noun Something sure to be a success.
- noun (gambling) Synonym of Dutch book.
- noun (rugby) A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
- verb (intransitive) To become fastened in place. “If you put the brakes on too hard, the wheels will lock.”
- verb (transitive) To fasten with a lock. “Remember to lock the door when you leave.”
- verb (intransitive) To be capable of becoming fastened in place. “This door locks with a key.”
- verb (transitive) To intertwine or dovetail. “with his hands locked behind his back”
- verb (intransitive, break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place. “a pop and lock routine”
- verb To furnish (a canal) with locks.
- verb To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
- verb To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them.
- noun A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
- noun A small quantity of straw etc.
- noun (Scots law, historical) A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.
- noun A single dreadlock.
Synonyms
Dutch book braid lace twine betwine entwist entwine interlace interthread intertwine intertwist interweave raddle ruddle twist curl ringlet whorl lock chamber ignition lock engage mesh operate interlock lock in lock away put away shut up shut away lock up
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English lok, from Old English loc, from Proto-West Germanic *lok, from Proto-Germanic *luką from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend; turn”).
Cognate with Cimbrian loch, lòch (“hole”), Dutch lok (“hole”), German Loch (“hole”), German Low German Lock (“hole”), Luxembourgish Lach (“hole”), Vilamovian łöch (“hole”), Yiddish לאָך (lokh, “hole”), Danish låg (“lid, cover”), Norwegian Bokmål lokk (“lid, cover”), Norwegian Nynorsk lok, lokk (“lid, cover”).
The verb is from Middle English locken, lokken, louken, from Old English lūcan, Proto-West Germanic *lūkan, from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną. Cognate with Dutch luiken (“to close, to shut”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål lukke (“to close, to shut”), Faroese lúka (“to end, to finish”), Icelandic ljúka (“to close, to shut”), Norwegian Nynorsk lukka (“to close, to shut”). Related to luxe via Latin.
From Middle English lok, lokke, from Old English locc (“hair of the head, hair, lock of hair, curl, ringlet”), from Proto-West Germanic *lokk, from Proto-Germanic *lukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lugnó-, from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”).
Cognate with Alemannic German lokha (“hair”), Dutch lok (“lock of hair, curl”), German Locke (“lock of hair, curl”), Danish lok (“lock of hair, curl”), Faroese, Icelandic lokkur (“lock of hair, curl”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk lokk (“lock of hair, curl”), Swedish lock (“lock of hair, curl”). It has been theorised that the word may be related to the Gothic verb *𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 (*lukan, “to shut”) in its ancient meaning "to curb".
Ellipsis of dreadlock
* As an English, German and Dutch surname, from the noun lock.
* Also as an English surname, from Middle English loke, itself from Old English loca (“enclosure”) or *Loca (“Loki”) (theonym of the latter).
* Also as an English surname, from Middle English locke, from Old English locc (“lock of hair”).
* Also as a German surname, Americanized from Loch.
* As a Chinese surname, variant of Lok, itself from:
** a Cantonese form of 樂 /乐, see Le.
** a Cantonese form of 陸 /陆, 鹿 (lù), 逯 (lù), and 禄 (lù), see Lu.
** a Cantonese form of 駱 /骆 (luò), see Luo.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.
- noun Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened.
- noun A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
- verb To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock; to make fast; to prevent free movement of; as, to lock a door, a carriage wheel, a river, etc.
Etymology [AS. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the fastening of a door, fr. lucan to lock, fasten; akin to OS. lukan (in comp.), D. luiken, OHG. luhhan, Icel. l, Goth. lukan (in comp.); cf. Skr. ruj to break. Cf. Locket.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “lock”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details