Definitions
1.VerbTo imprison or incarcerate (someone).
2.VerbTo put (something) away in a locked location for safekeeping; to sequester (a person) in a similar way."; Please lock up all valuables in the safe before leaving.; Angus is back in town! Better lock up your daughters, your wife, and your sheep!"
3.VerbTo close (and often lock) all doors and windows (of a place) securely.
4.VerbTo lock (a door, window, etc.)."That door still needs to be locked up."
5.VerbTo cease responding."When I press this button, the program locks up."
6.VerbTo cause (a program) to cease responding or to freeze."If your password contains a particular string of letters, entering it can lock up the login form."
7.VerbTo stop moving; to seize.
(of a wheel) To stop spinning due to excessive braking torque.
8.Verb(of a wheel) To stop spinning due to excessive braking torque.
9.VerbTo lose one's forward momentum; to freeze.
10.VerbTo (mistakenly) cause or have one of one's wheels to lock up (stop spinning).
11.VerbTo invest in something long term.
12.VerbTo travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in an uphill direction.
13.VerbTo fasten quoins securely with a mallet and a shooting-stick.
14.VerbTo assure success in or control of (something)."He locked up the championship with that move."
15.VerbTo enter a state of mechanical alignment.