lock – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of lock

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 6 cognates of lock

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youlock up sb
weLet's lock up sb
youlock up sb

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)