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LOCK UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lock up mean? 

LOCK UP (verb)
  The verb LOCK UP has 2 senses:

1. secure by lockingplay

2. place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escapeplay

  Familiarity information: LOCK UP used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LOCK UP (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Secure by locking

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

lock up the house before you go on vacation

Hypernyms (to "lock up" is one way to...):

fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

lockup (the act of locking something up to protect it)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

lock; lock away; lock in; lock up; put away; shut away; shut up

Context example:

She locked her jewels in the safe

Hypernyms (to "lock up" is one way to...):

confine (prevent from leaving or from being removed)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

lockup (the act of locking something up to protect it)


 Context examples 


"Which would Mademoiselle choose if she had her will?" asked Esther, who always sat near to watch over and lock up the valuables.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I have read of a gentleman who owned a so fine house in London, and when he went for months of summer to Switzerland and lock up his house, some burglar came and broke window at back and got in.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)



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