lock up

lock up

vb (adverb)

1. (tr) Also lock in 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. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) (tr) to invest (funds) so that conversion into cash is difficult

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

n lockup

1. the action or time of locking up

2. a jail or block of cells

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

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

5. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) Stock Exchange an investment that is intended to be held for a relatively long period

6. (Communication Arts / 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

Thesaurus

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

? lock up

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