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Definition 2024

lock_up

lock up

See also: lockup and lock-up

English

Alternative forms

lock-up

Verb

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

(transitive) to imprison or incarcerate someone
(transitive) to invest in something long term
(intransitive) to close all doors and windows of a place securely
(intransitive, computing) to cease responding, to freeze
(intransitive, mechanics) to stop moving, to seize

Synonyms

(computing) freeze, hang

Translations

to imprison or incarcerate someone

Bulgarian: затварям (bg) ‎(zatvarjám)
French: enfermer (fr)
German: einschließen (de), einsperren (de), wegschließen
Ido: enceluligar (io)
Japanese: 閉じ込める ‎(とじこめる, tojikomeru)

Khmer:
Portuguese: prender (pt)
Russian: запира́ть (ru) impf ‎(zapirátʹ), запере́ть (ru) pf ‎(zaperétʹ)
Spanish: encerrar (es)

to close the doors and windows securely

Armenian: կողպել (hy) ‎(kołpel), փակել (hy) ‎(pʿakel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鎖上 (zh), 锁上 (zh) ‎(suǒshàng), 鎖定 (zh), 锁定 (zh) ‎(suǒdìng)
French: verrouiller (fr)

German:
Japanese:
Khmer:
Russian: запира́ть (ru) impf ‎(zapirátʹ), запере́ть (ru) pf ‎(zaperétʹ)
Spanish: cerrar (es), trancar (es)
Thai:

of a computer: to cease responding

Chinese:
Mandarin:
Esperanto:
French: se bloquer (fr)

German: sich aufhängen
Portuguese: travar (pt)
Russian:
Spanish: colgarse (es), bloquearse (es), trancarse (es)

Related terms

lockup

Anagrams

uplock