"lock down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: locks down [present, singular, third-person], locking down [participle, present], locked down [participle, past], locked down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} lock down (third-person singular simple present locks down, present participle locking down, simple past and past participle locked down)
  1. (transitive) To secure (something); to blockade and lock (a building or campus) so as to prevent ingress or egress; to make (people) stay locked indoors for their safety. Tags: transitive Derived forms: lock-down [noun], lockdown [noun] Related terms: belock Translations (to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety): confinar (Catalan), confiner (French), confinar (Galician), confinare (Italian), confinar (Portuguese), confinar (Spanish), cerrar (Spanish), encerrar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lock_down-en-verb-MySqVORW Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 11 8 31 30 Disambiguation of 'to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety': 63 1 29 4 2
  2. (transitive) To limit the use of (a computer network) to only users with permission. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-lock_down-en-verb-JcW4qqqg Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 11 8 31 30
  3. (transitive) To make (an arrangement) secure, definite, or permanent; to fix. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-lock_down-en-verb-JMGOqUqK
  4. (transitive, slang) To cause (another person) to enter into an exclusive romantic relationship. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-lock_down-en-verb-0th2YzAd Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 11 8 31 30
  5. (intransitive, boating) To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in a downhill direction. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-lock_down-en-verb-28xKpHSb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 17 6 14 46 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 15 17 9 14 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 17 9 17 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 15 9 19 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 18 4 9 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 21 14 12 14 39 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 17 12 17 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 21 14 12 14 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 17 9 14 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 11 8 31 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 17 8 13 46

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To secure (something); to blockade and lock (a building or campus) so as to prevent ingress or egress; to make (people) stay locked indoors for their safety."
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        "To limit the use of (a computer network) to only users with permission."
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        "(transitive) To limit the use of (a computer network) to only users with permission."
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        "To make (an arrangement) secure, definite, or permanent; to fix."
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        "(transitive) To make (an arrangement) secure, definite, or permanent; to fix."
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        "To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in a downhill direction."
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        "(intransitive, boating) To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in a downhill direction."
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        "(transitive) To secure (something); to blockade and lock (a building or campus) so as to prevent ingress or egress; to make (people) stay locked indoors for their safety."
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        "To limit the use of (a computer network) to only users with permission."
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        "(transitive) To limit the use of (a computer network) to only users with permission."
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        "(transitive) To make (an arrangement) secure, definite, or permanent; to fix."
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        "To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in a downhill direction."
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
      "word": "confinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
      "word": "confiner"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
      "word": "confinar"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
      "word": "confinare"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
      "word": "confinar"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
      "word": "confinar"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
      "word": "cerrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
      "word": "encerrar"
    }
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}

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