lock – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of lock

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 6 cognates of lock

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youlock sb out
weLet's lock sb out
youlock sb out

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)