locked
About 12.28 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb simple past and past participle of lock
- adjective Having undergone locking; secured by a lock.
A locked door barred the way.
- adjective Protected by a mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
You can't delete a locked computer file.
- adjective Very drunk.
- adjective Bound to a carrier.
- adjective Styled into dreadlocks; wearing dreadlocks.
Similar words
barred fast bolted fastened latched secured lock-up lock-out caged pinned
Often followed by
up in the into and it away out on
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