lock up

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To imprison or incarcerate (someone).

   “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.”

2. fiil To put (something) away in a locked location for safekeeping; (occasionally, chiefly humorously) to sequester (a person) in a similar way.

   “Please lock up all valuables in the safe before leaving.”

3. fiil To close (and often lock) all doors and windows (of a place) securely.
4. fiil To lock (a door, window, etc.).

   “That door still needs to be locked up.”

5. fiil To cease responding.

   “When I press this button, the program locks up.”

6. fiil To cause (a program) to cease responding or to freeze.

   “If your password contains a particular string of letters, entering it can lock up the login form.”

7. fiil To stop moving; to seize.
8. fiil To stop spinning due to excessive braking torque.
9. fiil To lose one's forward momentum; to freeze.
10. fiil To (mistakenly) cause or have one of one's wheels to lock up (stop spinning).

    “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.”

11. fiil To invest in something long term.
12. fiil To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in an uphill direction.
13. fiil To fasten quoins securely with a mallet and a shooting-stick.
14. fiil To assure success in or control of (something).

    “He locked up the championship with that move.”

15. fiil To enter a state of mechanical alignment.

    “You will roll the second tape for about 15 seconds until the tape "locks up" with house sync.”