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"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.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To imprison or incarcerate (someone)."
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"(transitive) To imprison or incarcerate (someone)."
],
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{
"word": "send away"
},
{
"word": "shut away"
}
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"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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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "enfermer"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "einschließen"
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"word": "einsperren"
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"word": "wegschließen"
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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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"word": "incarcerare"
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"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "rinchiudere"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tojikomeru",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "閉じ込める"
},
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"_dis1": "84 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 3 1 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "dak kuk",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "ដាក់គុក"
},
{
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "inclūdō"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 3 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "prender"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zapirátʹ",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "запира́ть"
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"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
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],
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},
{
"_dis1": "84 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 3 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "encerrar"
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{
"text": "Please lock up all valuables in the safe before leaving.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Angus is back in town! Better lock up your daughters, your wife, and your sheep!",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"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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"(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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"text": "Coordinate term: lock down"
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"(intransitive) To close all doors and windows (of a place) securely."
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"code": "hy",
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"roman": "koġpel",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "կողպել"
},
{
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"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "փակել"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "鎖上"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "suǒshàng",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "锁上"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "鎖定"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 58 3 5 2 5 1 7 6 3",
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"roman": "suǒdìng",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "锁定"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "lukita"
},
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"_dis1": "4 5 58 3 5 2 5 1 7 6 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "verrouiller"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 58 3 5 2 5 1 7 6 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "abschließen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 58 3 5 2 5 1 7 6 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "absperren"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 58 3 5 2 5 1 7 6 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "zusperren"
},
{
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "bloccare"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 58 3 5 2 5 1 7 6 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "serrare"
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{
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "caksao",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "ចាក់សោ"
},
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "tāmau"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 58 3 5 2 5 1 7 6 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zapirátʹ",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "запира́ть"
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"_dis1": "4 5 58 3 5 2 5 1 7 6 3",
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"roman": "zaperétʹ",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "запере́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 58 3 5 2 5 1 7 6 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "cerrar"
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{
"_dis1": "4 5 58 3 5 2 5 1 7 6 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "trancar"
}
]
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"name": "Computing",
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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{
"text": "When I press this button, the program locks up.",
"type": "example"
}
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"To cease responding."
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"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, computing) To cease responding."
],
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{
"word": "freeze#Verb"
},
{
"word": "freeze up#Verb"
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{
"word": "hang#Verb"
},
{
"word": "hang up#Verb"
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"_dis1": "1 2 1 56 25 3 3 2 3 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "hyytyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 56 25 3 3 2 3 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "jumittua"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 56 25 3 3 2 3 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "se bloquer"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 56 25 3 3 2 3 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "sich aufhängen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 56 25 3 3 2 3 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "bloccarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 56 25 3 3 2 3 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "impallarsi"
},
{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "travar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 56 25 3 3 2 3 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vísnutʹ",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ви́снуть"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 56 25 3 3 2 3 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zavísnutʹ",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зави́снуть"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "colgarse"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"word": "bloquearse"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "trancarse"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
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"text": "If your password contains a particular string of letters, entering it can lock up the login form.",
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"To cause (a program) to cease responding or to freeze."
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"(transitive, computing) To cause (a program) to cease responding or to freeze."
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"To stop moving; to seize."
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"(intransitive, mechanics) To stop moving; to seize."
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"ref": "2004 October 18, Gabinete de Prevenção e Investigação de Acidentes com Aeronaves, “1.3 Damage to Aircraft”, in Accident Investigation Final Report: All Engines-out Landing Due to Fuel Exhaustion, Air Transat Airbus A330-243 marks C-GITS, Lajes, Azores, Portugal, 24 August 2001, archived from the original on 2022-10-30, page 11",
"text": "Due to the engines-out condition, the landing was conducted without the brake antiskid and normal breaking 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 moving; to seize.",
"To stop spinning due to excessive braking torque."
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"moving",
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"seize",
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[
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[
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[
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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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"engineering",
"mechanical-engineering",
"mechanics",
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"physical-sciences"
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"glosses": [
"To lose one's forward momentum; to freeze."
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]
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"orig": "en:Motor racing",
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"Sports",
"Transport",
"Human activity",
"All topics",
"Human behaviour",
"Fundamental",
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"word": "lock someone up and throw away the key"
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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.",
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"To (mistakenly) cause or have one of one's wheels to lock up (stop spinning)."
],
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[
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, motor racing) To (mistakenly) cause or have one of one's wheels to lock up (stop spinning)."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
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"sports"
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"To invest in something long term."
],
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"(transitive) To invest in something long term."
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"tags": [
"noun"
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"word": "lockaway"
}
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]
},
{
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{
"word": "lock down"
}
],
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"glosses": [
"To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in an uphill direction."
],
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"qualifier": "boating",
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"(intransitive, boating) To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in an uphill direction."
],
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}
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"word": "lock up"
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},
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"noun"
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"word": "lockup"
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{
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"word": "lock-up"
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"present"
]
},
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"pos": "verb",
"related": [
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"noun"
],
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}
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"English transitive verbs"
],
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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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To imprison or incarcerate (someone)."
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"imprison",
"imprison"
],
[
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"incarcerate"
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"(transitive) To imprison or incarcerate (someone)."
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{
"word": "shut away"
}
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"transitive"
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"English transitive verbs"
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"text": "Please lock up all valuables in the safe before leaving.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Angus is back in town! Better lock up your daughters, your wife, and your sheep!",
"type": "example"
}
],
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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."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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"categories": [
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"English links with manual fragments"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: lock down"
}
],
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"To close all doors and windows (of a place) securely."
],
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"close"
],
[
"door",
"door"
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[
"window",
"window"
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[
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"securely"
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"(intransitive) To close all doors and windows (of a place) securely."
],
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"intransitive"
]
},
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"English terms with usage examples",
"en:Computing"
],
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{
"text": "When I press this button, the program locks up.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cease responding."
],
"links": [
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"cease",
"cease"
],
[
"respond",
"respond"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, computing) To cease responding."
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"word": "freeze#Verb"
},
{
"word": "freeze up#Verb"
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{
"word": "hang#Verb"
},
{
"word": "hang up#Verb"
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"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
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},
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"English transitive verbs",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "If your password contains a particular string of letters, entering it can lock up the login form.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cause (a program) to cease responding or to freeze."
],
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"program",
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"(transitive, computing) To cause (a program) to cease responding or to freeze."
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"transitive"
],
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"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
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"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"en:Mechanics"
],
"glosses": [
"To stop moving; to seize."
],
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[
"mechanics",
"mechanics"
],
[
"stop",
"stop"
],
[
"moving",
"move"
],
[
"seize",
"seize"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, mechanics) To stop moving; to seize."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"engineering",
"mechanical-engineering",
"mechanics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Mechanics"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2004 October 18, Gabinete de Prevenção e Investigação de Acidentes com Aeronaves, “1.3 Damage to Aircraft”, in Accident Investigation Final Report: All Engines-out Landing Due to Fuel Exhaustion, Air Transat Airbus A330-243 marks C-GITS, Lajes, Azores, Portugal, 24 August 2001, archived from the original on 2022-10-30, page 11",
"text": "Due to the engines-out condition, the landing was conducted without the brake antiskid and normal breaking 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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To stop moving; to seize.",
"To stop spinning due to excessive braking torque."
],
"links": [
[
"mechanics",
"mechanics"
],
[
"stop",
"stop"
],
[
"moving",
"move"
],
[
"seize",
"seize"
],
[
"spin",
"spin"
],
[
"braking",
"brake"
],
[
"torque",
"torque"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, mechanics) To stop moving; to seize.",
"(of a wheel) To stop spinning due to excessive braking torque."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"of a wheel"
],
"topics": [
"engineering",
"mechanical-engineering",
"mechanics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To lose one's forward momentum; to freeze."
],
"links": [
[
"freeze",
"freeze"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Motor racing"
],
"examples": [
{
"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"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To (mistakenly) cause or have one of one's wheels to lock up (stop spinning)."
],
"links": [
[
"motor racing",
"motor racing"
],
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"have",
"have"
],
[
"wheel",
"wheel"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(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"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"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."
],
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"transitive"
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "lock down"
}
],
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in an uphill direction."
],
"links": [
[
"flight",
"flight"
],
[
"lock",
"lock"
],
[
"waterway",
"waterway"
],
[
"uphill",
"uphill"
]
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, boating) To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in an uphill direction."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zatvarjám",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "затваря́м"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "vangita"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "enfermer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "einschließen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "einsperren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "wegschließen"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "enceluligar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "imprigionare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "incarcerare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "rinchiudere"
},
{
"alt": "とじこめる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tojikomeru",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "閉じ込める"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "dak kuk",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "ដាក់គុក"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "inclūdō"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "prender"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zapirátʹ",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "запира́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaperétʹ",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "запере́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to imprison or incarcerate someone",
"word": "encerrar"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "koġpel",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "կողպել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pʿakel",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "փակել"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "鎖上"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suǒshàng",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "锁上"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "鎖定"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suǒdìng",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "锁定"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "lukita"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "verrouiller"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "abschließen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "absperren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "zusperren"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "bloccare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "serrare"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "caksao",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "ចាក់សោ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "tāmau"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zapirátʹ",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "запира́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaperétʹ",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "запере́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "cerrar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to close the doors and windows securely",
"word": "trancar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "hyytyä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "jumittua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "se bloquer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "sich aufhängen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "bloccarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "impallarsi"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "travar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vísnutʹ",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ви́снуть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zavísnutʹ",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зави́снуть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "colgarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "bloquearse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "trancarse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of a computer: to cease responding",
"word": "frysa"
}
],
"word": "lock up"
}
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