"locken" meaning in English

See locken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /lɒkən/ [UK], /lɒkn̩/ [UK] Forms: more locken [comparative], most locken [superlative], lucken [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} locken (comparative more locken, superlative most locken), {{tlb|en|Scotland|and|Northern England|otherwise|obsolete}} (Scotland and Northern England, otherwise obsolete)
  1. Locked.
    Sense id: en-locken-en-adj-cvhOTqN2
  2. Webbed (of hands or toes).
    Sense id: en-locken-en-adj-J~zPUJYw
  3. Stingy, tight-fisted.
    Sense id: en-locken-en-adj-NnkyrdHJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Northern England English Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 6 38 27 1 Disambiguation of Northern England English: 12 7 55 26 0
  4. Knit (of brows), also close-set, contracted.
    Sense id: en-locken-en-adj-TUwimn0R

Verb

IPA: /lɒkən/ [UK], /lɒkn̩/ [UK] Forms: lucken [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} locken, {{tlb|en|Scotland|and|Northern England|otherwise|obsolete}} (Scotland and Northern England, otherwise obsolete)
  1. past participle of lock. Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: lock
    Sense id: en-locken-en-verb-7fP2yB6R
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lucken",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "locken",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Scotland",
        "3": "and",
        "4": "Northern England",
        "5": "otherwise",
        "6": "obsolete"
      },
      "expansion": "(Scotland and Northern England, otherwise obsolete)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "lock"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "past participle of lock."
      ],
      "id": "en-locken-en-verb-7fP2yB6R",
      "links": [
        [
          "lock",
          "lock#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɒkən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɒkn̩/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "locken"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more locken",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most locken",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lucken",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "locken (comparative more locken, superlative most locken)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Scotland",
        "3": "and",
        "4": "Northern England",
        "5": "otherwise",
        "6": "obsolete"
      },
      "expansion": "(Scotland and Northern England, otherwise obsolete)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Locked."
      ],
      "id": "en-locken-en-adj-cvhOTqN2",
      "links": [
        [
          "Locked",
          "locked"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
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            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "text": "locken fingers",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Webbed (of hands or toes)."
      ],
      "id": "en-locken-en-adj-J~zPUJYw",
      "links": [
        [
          "Webbed",
          "webbed"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 6 38 27 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 7 55 26 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern England English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              4,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "text": "The locken hands do not give much.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Stingy, tight-fisted."
      ],
      "id": "en-locken-en-adj-NnkyrdHJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "Stingy",
          "stingy"
        ],
        [
          "tight-fisted",
          "tight-fisted"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              39,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "text": "She stood there stock-still, her brows locken.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1852, Alex Harper, Fruits of Solitary Hours:",
          "text": "A leering eye and locken brows, / And large Mongolian mouth and nose.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Knit (of brows), also close-set, contracted."
      ],
      "id": "en-locken-en-adj-TUwimn0R",
      "links": [
        [
          "Knit",
          "knit"
        ],
        [
          "close-set",
          "close-set"
        ],
        [
          "contracted",
          "contracted"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɒkən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɒkn̩/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "locken"
}
{
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English obsolete terms",
    "English verb forms",
    "Northern England English",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lucken",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "locken",
      "name": "head"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "Scotland",
        "3": "and",
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      },
      "expansion": "(Scotland and Northern England, otherwise obsolete)",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English past participles"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "lock"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "past participle of lock."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lock",
          "lock#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɒkən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɒkn̩/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "locken"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English obsolete terms",
    "English verb forms",
    "Northern England English",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more locken",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most locken",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lucken",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "Scotland",
        "3": "and",
        "4": "Northern England",
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      "expansion": "(Scotland and Northern England, otherwise obsolete)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Locked."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Locked",
          "locked"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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          ],
          "text": "locken fingers",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Webbed (of hands or toes)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Webbed",
          "webbed"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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              10
            ]
          ],
          "text": "The locken hands do not give much.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Stingy, tight-fisted."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Stingy",
          "stingy"
        ],
        [
          "tight-fisted",
          "tight-fisted"
        ]
      ]
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        "English terms with quotations",
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      ],
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              39,
              45
            ]
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          "text": "She stood there stock-still, her brows locken.",
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        },
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              18,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1852, Alex Harper, Fruits of Solitary Hours:",
          "text": "A leering eye and locken brows, / And large Mongolian mouth and nose.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Knit (of brows), also close-set, contracted."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Knit",
          "knit"
        ],
        [
          "close-set",
          "close-set"
        ],
        [
          "contracted",
          "contracted"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɒkən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɒkn̩/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "locken"
}

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