lock up

English

Etymology

lock + up

Verb

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

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

Translations

to imprison or incarcerate someone

• Bulgarian: затварям (bg) (zatvarjám)
• French : enfermer (fr)
• German: einschließen (de), einsperren (de)

• Japanese: 閉じ込める (ja) (とじこめる, tojikomeru)
• Russian: запирать (ru) (zapirátʹ) impf., запереть (ru) (zaperétʹ) pf.

to close the doors and windows securely

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鎖上 (cmn), 锁上 (cmn) (suǒshàng), 鎖定 (cmn), 锁定 (cmn) (suǒdìng)

• French : verrouiller (fr)

• Russian: запирать (ru) (zapirátʹ) impf., запереть (ru) (zaperétʹ) pf.

of a computer: to cease responding

• French : se bloquer (fr)

Related terms

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