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locked adjective [ lɒkt ]

• fastened or secured with a lock.
• "behind locked doors"

locked adjective

• having hair of a specified kind.
• "a golden-locked little girl"

lock verb

• fasten or secure (something) with a lock.
• "she closed and locked her desk"
Similar: bolt, fasten, bar, secure, make secure, make fast, seal, padlock, latch, chain,
Opposite: unlock, open,
• restrict access to the full functionality or data of (a computer, mobile phone, file, etc.), especially by requiring a user to verify their identity with a passcode or other form of authentication.
• "my computer is locked and I've forgotten my login info"
• make or become rigidly fixed or immovable.
• "he locked his hands behind her neck"
Similar: join, interlock, mesh, engage, link, unite, connect, combine, yoke, mate, couple, become stuck, stick, jam, become/make immovable, become/make rigid,
Opposite: separate, divide,
• go through a lock on a canal.
• "we locked through at Moore Haven"
Origin: Old English loc, of Germanic origin; related to German Loch ‘hole’.


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