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1. lǒuken v.(2)

17 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To drag or pull (sb. or sth.); ?also, carry or lead (sb.) [quot.: c1390]; [last quot. may belong to louken v. (1)]; (b) to pluck out (eyes); louken awei, tear (sth.) off; pull up weeds, ?clear of…

2. lǒuken v.(1)

123 quotations in 6 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To lock (gates, a door); (b) to lock the doors of (a room, prison); lock (a chest); (c) fig. to shut (one's ears, heart, etc.), guard (the mouth, eyes); close (the sea) to navigation; (d) to lock…

3. bilǒuken v.

Additional spellings: belouken
39 quotations in 3 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To shut (sb., sth.) in; lock up or enclose for safekeeping; imprison (sb.); bilouken in hand of fa, deliver into the enemy's hand; bilouken in grave, bury; bilouken heven, Poet. lock the sky (i.e…