locked

1. 1
   adjective

   Closed and held shut by a lock so it cannot be opened easily.

   Like a treasure box that needs a key before anyone can open it.

   The front door was locked, so we had to wait outside.

   She found the cabinet locked and went to fetch the key.

   Similarsecured, padlocked, barred

   Oppositeunlocked, open, unsecured

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past tense and past participle of lock. Use this form for something that already happened.

   She locked the door before leaving for work.

   They locked their bikes to the rack outside.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Set up to work with only one phone company and no other.

   Like a key that only fits one door and no other.

   My new phone is locked to a single network.

   He bought a locked handset and couldn't switch companies.

   Similartied

   Oppositeunlocked

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4. 4
   adjective

   Held by one program so others must wait before they can use the same thing.

   Like a single bathroom that one person uses while everyone else lines up outside.

   The file is locked while one program writes to it.

   If the data is locked, the other tasks have to wait their turn.

   Oppositeunlocked

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5. 5
   adjectiveIreland

   Having drunk so much alcohol that you cannot think or move well.

   Like being so dizzy you can't walk in a straight line.

   By midnight he was completely locked.

   They got locked at the party and had to call a taxi home.

   Similardrunk, plastered, hammered, wasted, sloshed

   Oppositesober

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6. 6
   adjective

   Having hair twisted into thick ropes called dreadlocks.

   Like rope made from many strands twisted tightly together.

   His hair was locked into thick strands by the end of the year.

   She kept her hair locked for many years.

   Similardreadlocked

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