padlock
verb/ˈpædlɒk/
/ˈpædlɑːk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they padlock | /ˈpædlɒk/ /ˈpædlɑːk/ |
| he / she / it padlocks | /ˈpædlɒks/ /ˈpædlɑːks/ |
| past simple padlocked | /ˈpædlɒkt/ /ˈpædlɑːkt/ |
| past participle padlocked | /ˈpædlɒkt/ /ˈpædlɑːkt/ |
| -ing form padlocking | /ˈpædlɒkɪŋ/ /ˈpædlɑːkɪŋ/ |
- to lock something with a padlock
- padlock something to something She always padlocked her bike to the railings.
- padlock something The doors were padlocked.
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from pad- (of unknown origin) + the noun lock.Definitions on the go
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