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Webster 1913 Edition


Locken

Lock′en

,
obs.
p.
p.
of
Lock
.
Chaucer.

Lock′en

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
The globeflower (
Trollius
).

Definition 2024


Locken

Locken

See also: locken

German

Noun

Locken

  1. plural of Locke "curls"

locken

locken

See also: Locken

English

Alternative forms

  • lucken

Verb

locken

  1. (Scotland, Northern England or obsolete) past participle of lock

Adjective

locken (comparative more locken, superlative most locken)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) Locked.
    Toom, forlorn locken-booths.
  2. (Scotland, Northern England) Webbed (of hands or toes), also stingy, tightfisted.
    Locken fingers.
    The locken hands do not give much.
  3. (Scotland, Northern England) Knit (of brows), also close-set, contracted.
    She stood there stock-still, her brows locken.
    • Harper, Alex; Fruits of Solitary Hours. (1852)
      A leering eye and locken brows, And large Mongolian mouth and nose.

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɔkn̩], [ˈlɔkŋ̩]
  • Hyphenation: lo‧cken

Etymology 1

From Middle High German locken, from Old High German lockōn. Cognate with lügen (to lie), Latin laciō and Slovak lákať (to allure).

Verb

locken (third-person singular simple present lockt, past tense lockte, past participle gelockt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to lure, entice
  2. (transitive) to tempt
  3. (transitive, impersonal) to be lured

Synonyms

  • anködern, anlocken, anziehen, fortlocken, heranlocken, heranrufen, herauslocken, herbeilocken, herlocken, hervorlocken, hineinlocken, ködern, reizen, rufen, weglocken

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Old High German lochōn, from Locke (curl).

Verb

locken (third-person singular simple present lockt, past tense lockte, past participle gelockt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to curl sth
  2. (reflexive) to curl

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Conjugation


Swedish

Noun

locken

  1. definite singular of lock
  2. definite plural of lock