lock up

See also: lockup and lock-up

English

Alternative forms

• lock-up

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

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: please add this translation if you can
• 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: please add this translation if you can

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: запира́ть (ru) impf (zapirátʹ), запере́ть (ru) pf (zaperétʹ)
• Spanish: cerrar (es), trancar (es)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

of a computer: to cease responding

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• French: se bloquer (fr)

• German: sich aufhängen
• Portuguese: travar (pt)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: colgarse (es), bloquearse (es), trancarse (es)

Related terms

• lockup

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