lock – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of lock

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to lock sb in
Participle: locked sb in
Gerund: locking sb in

Cognates

See the 6 cognates of lock

Indicative

Present

Ilock sb in
youlock sb in
he;she;itlocks sb in
welock sb in
youlock sb in
theylock sb in

Perfect

Ihave locked sb in
youhave locked sb in
he;she;ithas locked sb in
wehave locked sb in
youhave locked sb in
theyhave locked sb in

Past

Ilocked sb in
youlocked sb in
he;she;itlocked sb in
welocked sb in
youlocked sb in
theylocked sb in

Pluperfect

Ihad locked sb in
youhad locked sb in
he;she;ithad locked sb in
wehad locked sb in
youhad locked sb in
theyhad locked sb in

Future

Iwill lock sb in
youwill lock sb in
he;she;itwill lock sb in
wewill lock sb in
youwill lock sb in
theywill lock sb in

Future Perfect

Iwill have locked sb in
youwill have locked sb in
he;she;itwill have locked sb in
wewill have locked sb in
youwill have locked sb in
theywill have locked sb in

Subjunctive

Present

Ilock sb in
youlock sb in
he;she;itlock sb in
welock sb in
youlock sb in
theylock sb in

Perfect

Ihave locked sb in
youhave locked sb in
he;she;ithave locked sb in
wehave locked sb in
youhave locked sb in
theyhave locked sb in

Imperfect

Ilocked sb in
youlocked sb in
he;she;itlocked sb in
welocked sb in
youlocked sb in
theylocked sb in

Pluperfect

Ihad locked sb in
youhad locked sb in
he;she;ithad locked sb in
wehad locked sb in
youhad locked sb in
theyhad locked sb in

Conditional

Present

Iwould lock sb in
youwould lock sb in
he;she;itwould lock sb in
wewould lock sb in
youwould lock sb in
theywould lock sb in

Perfect

Iwould have locked sb in
youwould have locked sb in
he;she;itwould have locked sb in
wewould have locked sb in
youwould have locked sb in
theywould have locked sb in

Imperative

youlock sb in
weLet's lock sb in
youlock sb in

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam locking sb in
youare locking sb in
he;she;itis locking sb in
weare locking sb in
youare locking sb in
theyare locking sb in

Perfect

Ihave been locking sb in
youhave been locking sb in
he;she;ithas been locking sb in
wehave been locking sb in
youhave been locking sb in
theyhave been locking sb in

Past

Iwas locking sb in
youwere locking sb in
he;she;itwas locking sb in
wewere locking sb in
youwere locking sb in
theywere locking sb in

Pluperfect

Ihad been locking sb in
youhad been locking sb in
he;she;ithad been locking sb in
wehad been locking sb in
youhad been locking sb in
theyhad been locking sb in

Future

Iwill be locking sb in
youwill be locking sb in
he;she;itwill be locking sb in
wewill be locking sb in
youwill be locking sb in
theywill be locking sb in

Future Perfect

Iwill have been locking sb in
youwill have been locking sb in
he;she;itwill have been locking sb in
wewill have been locking sb in
youwill have been locking sb in
theywill have been locking sb in

Conditional

Present

Iwould be locking sb in
youwould be locking sb in
he;she;itwould be locking sb in
wewould be locking sb in
youwould be locking sb in
theywould be locking sb in

Perfect

Iwould have been locking sb in
youwould have been locking sb in
he;she;itwould have been locking sb in
wewould have been locking sb in
youwould have been locking sb in
theywould have been locking sb in

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'lock'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'lock'

block, clock, cock, dock, flock, hock, jock, lack, lick, loco,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

fasten
bolt, bar, secure, link, clasp, intertwine, join

Antonyms

fasten
unfasten, loosen, loose, release

Additional Information

Etymology

1. "means of fastening," O.E. loc "bolt, fastening, enclosure," from P.Gmc. *lokom/*lukom (cf. O.N. lok "fastening, lock," Goth. usluks "opening," O.H.G. loh "dungeon," Ger. Loch "opening, hole," Du. luck "shutter, trapdoor"). "The great diversity of meaning in the Teut. words seems to indicate two or more independent but formally identical substantival formations from the root." The river sense is from c.1300, on notion of "barrier, enclosure." Wrestling sense is from 1608. The lock of a firearm (1547) probably so called for its resemblance to a door-latching device. Locksmith first attested 1226. Locker is c.1440, from M.E. lokken. The verb is c.1300, from O.E. lucan "to lock, to close" (class II strong verb; past tense leac, pp. locen). Slang lock horns "fight" is from 1839. Lock-up "detention cell for offenders" is from 1839.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der.
4. Proto-Germanic *luką
5. Proto-West Germanic *lok
6. Old English loc
7. Middle English lok
8. English lock
9. From Middle English lok, from Old English loc, from Proto-West Germanic *lok, from Proto-Germanic *luką from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend; turn”).
10. Cognate with Cimbrian loch, lòch (“hole”), Dutch lok (“hole”), German Loch (“hole”), German Low German Lock (“hole”), Luxembourgish Lach (“hole”), Vilamovian łöch (“hole”), Yiddish לאָך (lokh, “hole”), Danish låg (“lid, cover”), Norwegian Bokmål lokk (“lid, cover”), Norwegian Nynorsk lok, lokk (“lid, cover”).
11. more detail
12. The verb is from Middle English locken, lokken, louken, from Old English lūcan, Proto-West Germanic *lūkan, from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną. Cognate with Dutch luiken (“to close, to shut”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål lukke (“to close, to shut”), Faroese lúka (“to end, to finish”), Icelandic ljúka (“to close, to shut”), Norwegian Nynorsk lukka (“to close, to shut”). Related to luxe via Latin. See: Proto-Germanic '*lūkaną', Dutch 'luiken', Norwegian 'lukke', Faroese 'lúka', Icelandic 'ljúka', Norwegian, nynorsk 'lukka'.

Verbs referencing "lock"

Seselwa Creole French loke.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] their own baggage, and stumbling over other people 's; disposing themselves comfortably in wrong cabins, and creating a most horrible confusion by having to turn out again; madly bent upon opening locked doors, and on forcing a passage into all kinds of out-of-the-way places where there is no thoroughfare; sending wild stewards, with elfin hair, to and fro upon the breezy decks on unintelligible [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] her blood was up. I tell you, she squeezed up her child in her arms, and talked, and went on real awful. It kinder makes my blood run cold to think of ’ t; and when they carried off the child, and locked her up, she jest went ravin ’ mad, and died in a week. Clear waste, sir, of a thousand dollars, just for want of management,—there's where ’ t is. It's always best to do the humane thing, sir; [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] one, which is on the ground. Behind these, back to back with them and facing the opposite wall, are five corresponding rows of cells, accessible by similar means: so that supposing the prisoners locked up in their cells, an officer stationed on the ground, with his back to the wall, has half their number under his eye at once; the remaining half being equally under the observation of another [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] at any hour or minute of the night. Every day, the prisoners receive their dinner, singly, through a trap in the kitchen wall; and each man carries his to his sleeping cell to eat it, where he is locked up, alone, for that purpose, one hour. The whole of this arrangement struck me as being admirable; and I hope that the next new prison we erect in England may be built on this plan. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] Exchange and Lombard Street of New York. Many a rapid fortune has been made in this street, and many a no less rapid ruin. Some of these very merchants whom you see hanging about here now, have locked up money in their strong-boxes, like the man in the Arabian Nights, and opening them again, have found but withered leaves. Below, here by the water-side, where the bowsprits of ships stretch [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Well, he do n't know. He has had five-and-twenty young women locked up in this very cell at one time, and you 'd hardly realise what handsome faces there were among ’ em. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] the nails: there they were all, without disguise, in naked ugliness and horror. In the dining-room, a bare, dull, dreary place, with nothing for the eye to rest on but the empty walls, a woman was locked up alone. She was bent, they told me, on committing suicide. If anything could have strengthened her in her resolution, it would certainly have been the insupportable monotony of such an existence. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] near at hand. The day being very wet indeed, this labour was suspended, and the prisoners were in their cells. Imagine these cells, some two or three hundred in number, and in every one a man locked up; this one at his door for air, with his hands thrust through the grate; this one in bed (in the middle of the day, remember ); and this one flung down in a heap upon the ground, with his head [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • ‘What did he call you back to say to you, in that strange flutter ? ’ I asked of my conductor, when he had locked the door and joined me in the passage. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • When all was done, and the servants departed, the young man deliberately locked the door, and putting the key in his pocket, faced about, and folding his arms on his bosom, looked Mr. Wilson full in the face. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Till my last breath this stays just between us The truth will be locked in this (Magudam)