padlocked
past simple and past participle ofpadlock
padlock
verb[T]
uk/ˈpæd.lɒk/us/ˈpæd.lɑːk/tofastensomething using a padlock:
Theboxwassecurelypadlocked and no one had thekey.
Locking and bolting
- bar
- batten
- bolt
- handcuff
- hermetically
- latch
- lock
- lock (something) up
- locksomeoneout
- locksomethingaway
- locksomethingin
- lockable
- love lock
- manacle
- padlock
- relock
- shut
- shutsomeoneaway
- under lock and keyidiom
Examplesofpadlocked
padlocked
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Treasure:padlockedchest containing golden (chocolate) coins.
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Horse riders are particularly affected by gates that arepadlocked.
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There are two fridges which are overcrowded andpadlocked.
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Five employees were trapped inside the storeroom in which they were working, behind windows which had iron bars that werepadlocked.
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Two alternative exits were blocked with gates that had been deliberatelypadlocked.
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One school had inoperative smoke doors and apadlockedexit.
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There were no means of escape such as had been certified by the authorities; the security door waspadlocked, and the key was missing.
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The ward ispadlockedand the formal consultation document for permanent closure has been issued.
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I do not want, even if it were possible, 10 ft high fencing around schools andpadlockedgates.
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How can we be certain that the courts will not hold that the gate should have beenpadlockedso that nobody could have opened it?
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There is power at the moment to bring private prosecutions for obstruction when the path is obstructed with a crop, fence,padlockedgate or a whole host of other things.
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The gates are nowpadlocked.
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The entrance to the mausoleum ispadlockedand slightly ajar.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A radical solution was devised - a medicine trolley on wheels which could be securelypadlockedto a wall when not in use.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A rope lock is typicallypadlockedto prevent accidental movement of the set.
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