1 to fasten sth with a lock; to be fastened with a lock:
[VN] Did you lock the door? * The gates are locked at 6 o'clock. * [V] This suitcase doesn't lock.
2 [VN+adv./prep.] to put sth in a safe place and lock it:
She locked her passport and money in the safe.
3 ~ (sth) (in / into / around, etc. sth)
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for lock is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is lock a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, lock is tagged as verb.
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