lock up

== English == === Etymology === lock + up === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌlɒk ˈʌp/ === Verb === lock up (third-person singular simple present locks up, present participle locking up, simple past and past participle locked up) (transitive) To imprison or incarcerate (someone). Synonyms: send away, shut away (transitive) To put (something) away in a locked location for safekeeping; (occasionally, chiefly humorously) to sequester (a person) in a similar way. Hyponym: lock away (intransitive) To close (and often lock) all doors and windows (of a place) securely. Coordinate term: lock down (transitive) To lock (a door, window, etc.). (intransitive, computing) To cease responding. Synonyms: freeze, freeze up, hang, hang up (transitive, computing) To cause (a program) to cease responding or to freeze. (intransitive, mechanics) To stop moving; to seize. (of a wheel) To stop spinning due to excessive braking torque. To lose one's forward momentum; to freeze. (intransitive, motor racing) To (mistakenly) cause or have one of one's wheels to lock up (stop spinning). (transitive) To invest in something long term. (intransitive, boating) To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in an uphill direction. Antonym: lock down Hypernym: lock through (obsolete, printing) To fasten quoins securely with a mallet and a shooting-stick. (transitive, slang) To assure success in or control of (something). (intransitive) To enter a state of mechanical alignment. 1994, Carl Hausman, ‎Philip J. Palombo, Modern Video Production: Tools, Techniques, Applications (page 148) You will roll the second tape for about 15 seconds until the tape "locks up" with house sync. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== (invest in something): lockaway (noun) ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === uplock