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Definition of Lock

1. Verb. Fasten with a lock. "Lock the bike to the fence"

2. Noun. A fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed.

3. Verb. Keep engaged. "Engaged the gears"

4. Noun. A strand or cluster of hair.

5. Verb. Become rigid or immoveable. "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"

6. Noun. A mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun.

7. Verb. Hold in a locking position. "He locked his hands around her neck"

8. Noun. Enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it.

9. Verb. Become engaged or intermeshed with one another. "They were locked in embrace"

10. Noun. A restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key.

11. Verb. Hold fast (in a certain state). "He was locked in a laughing fit"

12. Noun. Any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured.

13. Verb. Place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape. "She locked her jewels in the safe"

14. Verb. Pass by means through a lock in a waterway.

15. Verb. Build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels.

Definition of Lock

1. n. A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.

2. n. Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened.

3. v. t. To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock; to make fast; to prevent free movement of; as, to lock a door, a carriage wheel, a river, etc.

4. v. i. To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as, the door locks close.

Definition of Lock

1. Noun. Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination. ¹

2. Noun. (computing by extension) A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource. ¹

3. Noun. A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels. ¹

4. Noun. The firing mechanism of a gun. ¹

5. Noun. Complete control over a situation. ¹

6. Noun. Something sure to be a success. ¹

7. Noun. (rugby) A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team. ¹

8. Noun. tuft or length of hair ¹

9. Verb. (intransitive) To become fastened in place. ¹

10. Verb. (transitive) To fasten with a lock. ¹

11. Verb. (intransitive) To be capable of becoming fastened in place. ¹

12. Verb. (transitive) To intertwine or dovetail. ¹

13. Verb. (intransitive break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lock

1. to secure by means of a mechanical fastening device [v -ED, -ING, -S] : LOCKABLE [adj]

Medical Definition of Lock

1. 1. Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened. 2. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable. "Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages." (De Quincey) 3. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. 4. The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal. 5. An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; called also lift lock. 6. That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc. 7. A device for keeping a wheel from turning. 8. A grapple in wrestling. Detector lock, a lock containing a contrivance for showing whether it as has been tampered with. Lock bay, a range of bond stone. Mortise lock, a door lock inserted in a mortise. Rim lock, a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus differing from a mortise lock. Origin: AS. Loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the fastening of a door, fr. Lucan to lock, fasten; akin to OS. Lukan (in comp), D. Luiken, OHG. Luhhan, Icel. Lka, Goth. Lukan (in comp); cf. Skr. Ruj to break. Cf. Locket. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lock

lochia alba lochia cruenta lochia purulenta lochia serosa lochial lochiometra lochiometritis lochioperitonitis lochiorrhagia lochiorrhoea

lochs lochside loci lock (current term) lock, stock and barrel lock-and-key model lock-gate lock-in lock-ins lock-out

lock-pick lock-picked lock-picking lock-picks lock-step lock-up option lock-weir lock-weirs

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