/lɒk/
Translation
To close a door or box with a key so no one else can open it.
Word origin
From Old English loc, meaning a fastening for a door.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- loc
Grammar
Examples
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"Lock" means to close the door with a key.
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"Locks" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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"Locked" is the past form of "lock".
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(1)Grammar articles
(6)Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
Gerund and infinitive: which verb form comes next?
Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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