See lock up in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "lock + up",
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"ref": "2020 July 23, Chris Daw, “'A stain on national life': why are we locking up so many children?'”, in The Guardian:",
"text": "In 1970, a new era of \"getting tough\" on young offenders really began to gather momentum with the incoming Conservative government. The number of juveniles locked up each year increased by 500% between 1965 and 1980.",
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"(transitive) To imprison or incarcerate (someone)."
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"word": "send away"
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{
"word": "shut away"
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"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "zatvarjám",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "затваря́м"
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"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "vangita"
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"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "einschließen"
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"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "enceluligar"
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"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "imprigionare"
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"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
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"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "rinchiudere"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "tojikomeru",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "閉じ込める"
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "dak kuk",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "ដាក់គុក"
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"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "inclūdō"
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"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
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"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "prender"
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"word": "enllavar"
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"text": "Angus is back in town! Better lock up your daughters, your wife, and your sheep!",
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"(transitive) To put (something) away in a locked location for safekeeping; (occasionally, chiefly humorously) to sequester (a person) in a similar way."
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"(intransitive) To close (and often lock) all doors and windows (of a place) securely."
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"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "鎖上 /锁上"
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"word": "lukita"
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"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "verrouiller"
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"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "abschließen"
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"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "absperren"
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"lang": "German",
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"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "zusperren"
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"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "bloccare"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "serrare"
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"roman": "caksao",
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"word": "ចាក់សោ"
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"word": "tāmau"
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"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
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"text": "That door still needs to be locked up.",
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"To lock (a door, window, etc.)."
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"(transitive) To lock (a door, window, etc.)."
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"text": "When I press this button, the program locks up.",
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"To cease responding."
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"(intransitive, computing) To cease responding."
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"word": "freeze"
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{
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"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "hyytyä"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
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"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "jumittua"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "se bloquer"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "sich aufhängen"
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"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "bloccarsi"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "impallarsi"
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"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
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"perfective"
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"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "travar"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "vísnutʹ",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "ви́снуть"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "zavísnutʹ",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "colgarse"
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"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
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"lang_code": "es",
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"word": "trancarse"
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"lang_code": "es",
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"word": "trabarse"
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"lang_code": "es",
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"word": "hang up"
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81
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"To cause (a program) to cease responding or to freeze."
],
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"computing#Noun"
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[
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"program"
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[
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"cease"
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[
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"respond"
],
[
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"freeze"
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],
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],
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"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
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"en:Mechanics"
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"To stop moving; to seize."
],
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"mechanics",
"mechanics"
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[
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"stop"
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[
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[
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],
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],
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"mechanical-engineering",
"mechanics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
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325
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"text": "Due to the engines-out condition, the landing was conducted without the brake antiskid and normal breaking^([sic]) systems. Because the emergency brake accumulator only provides for a limited amount of brake applications, full braking was applied and retained at the second touch down, resulting in the main wheels locking up. The tires quickly abraded and deflated at a point between about 300 and 450 feet beyond the second and final touch down.",
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"To stop spinning due to excessive braking torque."
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"stop"
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[
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"seize"
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[
"spin",
"spin"
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[
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"brake"
],
[
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"torque"
]
],
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"(intransitive, mechanics) To stop moving; to seize.",
"(of a wheel) To stop spinning due to excessive braking torque."
],
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],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
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"engineering",
"mechanical-engineering",
"mechanics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To lose one's forward momentum; to freeze."
],
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[
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"freeze"
]
]
},
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"English terms with quotations",
"en:Motor racing"
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"ref": "2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport:",
"text": "Twelve laps later, Leclerc locked up at the first chicane and clattered over the run-off area. Again, Hamilton got a run on him, and this time Leclerc defended robustly through the flat-out Curva Grande, moving very late to block Hamilton to the Ferrari's left.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To (mistakenly) cause or have one of one's wheels to lock up (stop spinning)."
],
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"motor racing",
"motor racing"
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[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"have",
"have"
],
[
"wheel",
"wheel"
]
],
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"(intransitive, motor racing) To (mistakenly) cause or have one of one's wheels to lock up (stop spinning)."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"motor-racing",
"racing",
"sports"
]
},
{
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"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To invest in something long term."
],
"links": [
[
"invest",
"invest"
],
[
"long term",
"long term"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To invest in something long term."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "lock down"
}
],
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in an uphill direction."
],
"hypernyms": [
{
"word": "lock through"
}
],
"links": [
[
"flight",
"flight"
],
[
"lock",
"lock"
],
[
"waterway",
"waterway"
],
[
"uphill",
"uphill"
]
],
"qualifier": "boating",
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"(intransitive, boating) To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in an uphill direction."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"en:Printing"
],
"glosses": [
"To fasten quoins securely with a mallet and a shooting-stick."
],
"links": [
[
"printing",
"printing#Noun"
],
[
"quoin",
"quoin"
],
[
"mallet",
"mallet"
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[
"shooting-stick",
"shooting-stick"
]
],
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"(obsolete, printing) To fasten quoins securely with a mallet and a shooting-stick."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"topics": [
"media",
"printing",
"publishing"
]
},
{
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"English slang",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
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3,
12
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],
"text": "He locked up the championship with that move.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To assure success in or control of (something)."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, slang) To assure success in or control of (something)."
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1994, Carl Hausman, Philip J. Palombo, Modern Video Production: Tools, Techniques, Applications (page 148)",
"text": "You will roll the second tape for about 15 seconds until the tape \"locks up\" with house sync."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To enter a state of mechanical alignment."
],
"links": [
[
"mechanical",
"mechanical"
],
[
"alignment",
"alignment"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To enter a state of mechanical alignment."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
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},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "zatvarjám",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "затваря́м"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "vangita"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "enfermer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "einschließen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "einsperren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "wegschließen"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"lang_code": "io",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "enceluligar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "imprigionare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "incarcerare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "rinchiudere"
},
{
"alt": "とじこめる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "tojikomeru",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "閉じ込める"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"lang_code": "km",
"roman": "dak kuk",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "ដាក់គុក"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "inclūdō"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zamykać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zamknąć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "aresztować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zaaresztować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "prender"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "zapirátʹ",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "запира́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "zaperétʹ",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "запере́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "encerrar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "enllavar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "bura in"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "put away in a locked location",
"word": "enŝlosi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "put away in a locked location",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "chować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "put away in a locked location",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "schować"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "put away in a locked location",
"word": "guardar bajo llavín"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "put away in a locked location",
"word": "guardar enllavado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "put away in a locked location",
"word": "guardar llaveado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "put away in a locked location",
"tags": [
"Argentina"
],
"word": "guardar llavido"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "put away in a locked location",
"word": "låsa in"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "koġpel",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "կողպել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "pʻakel",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "փակել"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "suǒshàng",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "鎖上 /锁上"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "suǒdìng",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "鎖定 /锁定"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "lukita"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "verrouiller"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "abschließen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "absperren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "zusperren"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "bloccare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "serrare"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"lang_code": "km",
"roman": "caksao",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "ចាក់សោ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "tāmau"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zamykać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zamknąć"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "zapirátʹ",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "запира́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "zaperétʹ",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "запере́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "cerrar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "trancar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "hyytyä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "jumittua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "se bloquer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "sich aufhängen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "bloccarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "impallarsi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zacinać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zaciąć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "travar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "vísnutʹ",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ви́снуть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "zavísnutʹ",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зави́снуть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "colgarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "bloquearse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "trancarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "trabarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"tags": [
"Latin-America"
],
"word": "frisarse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "frysa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "to stop spinning due to excessive braking torque",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zacinać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "to stop spinning due to excessive braking torque",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zaciąć się"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to stop spinning due to excessive braking torque",
"word": "trabar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to stop spinning due to excessive braking torque",
"word": "trancar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to stop spinning due to excessive braking torque",
"word": "inmovilizar"
}
],
"word": "lock up"
}
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