lock up

vb (adverb)

1. (tr) Also: lock in or lock away to imprison or confine

2. to lock or secure the doors, windows, etc, of (a building)

3. (tr) to keep or store securely: secrets locked up in history.

4. (Banking & Finance) (tr) to invest (funds) so that conversion into cash is difficult

5. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing to secure (type, etc) in a chase or in the bed of the printing machine by tightening the quoins

6. the action or time of locking up

7. a jail or block of cells

8. (Commerce) Brit a small shop with no attached quarters for the owner or shopkeeper

9. Brit a garage or storage place separate from the main premises

10. (Stock Exchange) stock exchange an investment that is intended to be held for a relatively long period

11. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing the pages of type held in a chase by the positioning of quoins

adj

: lock-up Brit and NZ (of premises) without living accommodation: a lock-up shop.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb	1.	lock up - secure by locking; "lock up the house before you go on vacation" fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
	2.	lock up - place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe" lock away, put away, shut away, shut up, lock in, lock confine - prevent from leaving or from being removed

Translations

يُقْفِل على، يَحْبِسيُقْفِل مكان العَمَل

dát pod zámekzamknout

låselåse inde

einschließen abschließen

encabaner enfermer mettre sous clef serrer

læsa

rinchiudere carcerare chiudere mettere al sicuro

låse

dať pod zámokvymknúť sa

her tarafı kilitlemekkilit altına almakkilitlemek

关押锁住锁好

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vt sep

thing, house → abschließen; person → einsperren; to lock something up in something → etw in etw (dat) → einschließen; he ought to be locked up! → den müsste man einsperren!

(Comm) capital → fest anlegen

vi → abschließen

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lock¹

(lok) noun

1. a mechanism for fastening doors etc. He put the key in the lock.

2. a closed part of a canal for raising or lowering boats to a higher or lower part of the canal.

3. the part of a gun by which it is fired.

4. a tight hold (in wrestling etc).

verb

to fasten or become fastened with a lock. She locked the drawer; This door doesn't lock.

ˈlocker noun

a small cupboard, especially for sports equipment.

ˈlocket (-kit) noun

a little ornamental case hung round the neck. a gold locket containing a piece of his hair.

ˈlocksmith noun

a person who makes and mends locks.

lock in

to prevent from getting out of a building etc by using a lock. She found she was locked in, and had to climb out of the window.

lock out

to prevent from getting into a building etc by using a lock. Don't lock yourself out (of the house) by forgetting to take your key with you.

lock up

1. to confine or prevent from leaving or being taken away by using a lock. to lock up a prisoner / one's jewellery.

2. to lock whatever should be locked. He locked up and left the shop about 5.30 p.m.

lock up

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