locked adjective¹. [lɒkt] LME.
[from LOCK noun¹ + -ED².]
Having locks of hair.

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locked adjective². [lɒkt] LME.
[from LOCK verb¹, noun²: see -ED¹, -ED².]
1. That has been locked; that has locked; esp. (also foll. by up) closed with a lock and key. LME.
British Medical Journal Limited movement in knee which becomes locked if moved much.
■ A. Judd The people..had retreated behind locked doors and put out their lights.

2. Provide with a (pad)lock. L15.

3. Of a canal: provided with locks. E19.

Special collocations & comb.:
locked-coil adjective designating a rope or cable which has the outer strands of such a shape as to lock together and form a smooth cylindrical surface. locked groove on a gramophone record, a circular groove into which the normal spiral groove runs. locked jaw (a) a jaw shut fast by spasmodic contraction of the muscles; (b) = LOCKJAW.

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