lock – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 6 cognates of lock

Indicative

Present

I	lock sb up
you	lock sb up
he;she;it	locks sb up
we	lock sb up
you	lock sb up
they	lock sb up

Perfect

I	have locked sb up
you	have locked sb up
he;she;it	has locked sb up
we	have locked sb up
you	have locked sb up
they	have locked sb up

Past

I	locked sb up
you	locked sb up
he;she;it	locked sb up
we	locked sb up
you	locked sb up
they	locked sb up

Pluperfect

I	had locked sb up
you	had locked sb up
he;she;it	had locked sb up
we	had locked sb up
you	had locked sb up
they	had locked sb up

Future

I	will lock sb up
you	will lock sb up
he;she;it	will lock sb up
we	will lock sb up
you	will lock sb up
they	will lock sb up

Future Perfect

I	will have locked sb up
you	will have locked sb up
he;she;it	will have locked sb up
we	will have locked sb up
you	will have locked sb up
they	will have locked sb up

Subjunctive

Present

I	lock sb up
you	lock sb up
he;she;it	lock sb up
we	lock sb up
you	lock sb up
they	lock sb up

Perfect

I	have locked sb up
you	have locked sb up
he;she;it	have locked sb up
we	have locked sb up
you	have locked sb up
they	have locked sb up

Imperfect

I	locked sb up
you	locked sb up
he;she;it	locked sb up
we	locked sb up
you	locked sb up
they	locked sb up

Pluperfect

I	had locked sb up
you	had locked sb up
he;she;it	had locked sb up
we	had locked sb up
you	had locked sb up
they	had locked sb up

Conditional

Present

I	would lock sb up
you	would lock sb up
he;she;it	would lock sb up
we	would lock sb up
you	would lock sb up
they	would lock sb up

Perfect

I	would have locked sb up
you	would have locked sb up
he;she;it	would have locked sb up
we	would have locked sb up
you	would have locked sb up
they	would have locked sb up

Imperative

you	lock sb up
we	Let's lock sb up
you	lock sb up

Indicative

Present

I	am locking sb up
you	are locking sb up
he;she;it	is locking sb up
we	are locking sb up
you	are locking sb up
they	are locking sb up

Perfect

I	have been locking sb up
you	have been locking sb up
he;she;it	has been locking sb up
we	have been locking sb up
you	have been locking sb up
they	have been locking sb up

Past

I	was locking sb up
you	were locking sb up
he;she;it	was locking sb up
we	were locking sb up
you	were locking sb up
they	were locking sb up

Pluperfect

I	had been locking sb up
you	had been locking sb up
he;she;it	had been locking sb up
we	had been locking sb up
you	had been locking sb up
they	had been locking sb up

Future

I	will be locking sb up
you	will be locking sb up
he;she;it	will be locking sb up
we	will be locking sb up
you	will be locking sb up
they	will be locking sb up

Future Perfect

I	will have been locking sb up
you	will have been locking sb up
he;she;it	will have been locking sb up
we	will have been locking sb up
you	will have been locking sb up
they	will have been locking sb up

Conditional

Present

I	would be locking sb up
you	would be locking sb up
he;she;it	would be locking sb up
we	would be locking sb up
you	would be locking sb up
they	would be locking sb up

Perfect

I	would have been locking sb up
you	would have been locking sb up
he;she;it	would have been locking sb up
we	would have been locking sb up
you	would have been locking sb up
they	would have been locking sb up

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

Phrasal Verbs

~ away something, ~ something away, ~ away somebody, ~ somebody away, ~ yourself away, ~ in somebody, ~ somebody in, ~ onto something, ~ out somebody, ~ somebody out, ~ yourself out, ~ up (something), ~ (something) up, ~ up something, ~ something up, ~ up somebody, ~ somebody up,

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)

lock – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of lock

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'lock'

Verbs similar to 'lock'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "lock"

Sample Sentences