LOCK IN
Dictionary entry overview: What does lock in mean?
• LOCK IN (verb)
The verb LOCK IN has 2 senses:
1. close with or as if with a tight seal
2. place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
Familiarity information: LOCK IN used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LOCK IN (verb)
Meaning:
Close with or as if with a tight seal
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
lock in; seal in
Context example:
This vacuum pack locks in the flavor!
Hypernyms (to "lock in" is one way to...):
confine (prevent from leaving or from being removed)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
lock away; put away; shut away; lock in; lock up; shut up; lock
Context examples:
The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend / She locked her jewels in the safe
Hypernyms (to "lock in" is one way to...):
confine (prevent from leaving or from being removed)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
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"A good chief gives, he does not take." (Native American proverb, Mohawk)
"The bride doesn't know how to dance, she says the floor is slanted." (Armenian proverb)
"He who protects himself from cold also wards off heat." (Corsican proverb)
