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lock up

verb

1 lock up

Secure by locking.

Roget 528: conceal, hide, secrete, put out of sight; lock up, seal up, bottle up.    encrypt, encode, cipher.    cover, screen, cloak, veil, ... show more

2 lock up

Place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape.

synonyms: lock, lock away, lock in, put away, shut away, shut up.

Roget 751: restrain, check; put under restraint, lay under restraint; enthral, enthrall, inthral, inthrall, bethral, bethrall; restrict; debar etc. ... show more

Dutch: kop dicht


Moby thesaurus: bang, bar, barricade, batten, batten down, bolt, bolt in, bosom, bottle up, bury, button, button up, cache, cast in prison, choke, choke off, clap, clap in jail, clap up, close ... show more.

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