to padlock
10
3.4
- verb
- /ˈpædˌlɑk/
- Make sure to padlock the gate before you leave the yard.
- padlocked door
- padlocked gate
- padlocked fence
Examples
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National City purchased the property for $1,066,000, and Mayor George Waters padlocked the theater for good in July 1999.
Blog text (8) -
On one wall, behind a padlocked door of heavy fencing in a wooden frame, hangs a cabinet full of tools.
Fiction book (2002) -
Right there, and then padlock it and then you put the chain on it.
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I am going to chain up this ladder and padlock it! And that is not all I am going to do!
Fiction book (1991) -
You think she came down here and padlocked the door from outside?
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I now padlocked the back door.
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The door was still padlocked, but now I had the key.
Fiction book (2000) -
I knocked on the door without realizing it was padlocked from the outside.
Fiction book (1992) -
Four brick buildings were padlocked, with boards nailed over their windows.
Academic text (2007) -
They've padlocked the garage.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To fasten something with a key so other people cannot open it
425
3.9
To keep something inside so it cannot escape by closing or locking
157
2.6
Close a house or safe with a key to keep people out
113
3.8
To stop someone from entering a building or using an account
105
3.3
To fasten firmly so it cannot move or be taken
102
1.6
To fasten a belt or strap with a clasp
88
3.4
Put someone or something somewhere they cannot leave and others cannot reach
73
1.6
Hold something in place so it cannot move
70
3.3
Fasten something tightly to keep it from moving
57
2.2
Fasten something with rope so it cannot move
41
2.8
To fasten a door or gate with a sliding metal bar
34
4.8
To stop people from entering a place by putting up a barrier
26
3.7
Close something tightly so nothing can get in or out
20
2.5
To fasten a door or gate with a small metal part
13
5.5
To fasten a strap tightly so it does not slip
6
2.7
To slide a metal bar across a door to keep it closed
2
3.0
To fasten something with a small hook or buckle
1
4.8
To bend the end of a nail to hold things together
1
9.6
To fasten a door or box with a hinged metal plate and lock it
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
To padlock something is simply to put a padlock on it, so a useful image is fixing a small, 'portable' lock to a door or gate. So, to padlock is to fasten or secure something with a padlock.