Definitions of LOCK in various dictionaries:
noun -
a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
noun -
a strand or cluster of hair
noun -
a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
noun -
enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level
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a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
noun -
any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
verb -
fasten with a lock
verb -
keep engaged
verb -
become rigid or immoveable
verb -
hold in a locking position
verb -
become engaged or intermeshed with one another
verb -
hold fast (in a certain state)
verb -
place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
verb -
pass by means through a lock in a waterway
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build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
A device operated by a key, combination, or keycard and used, as on a door, for holding, closing, or securing.
A section of a waterway, such as a canal, closed off with gates, in which vessels in transit are raised or lowered by raising or lowering the water level of that section.
A mechanism in a firearm for exploding the charge.
An interlocking or entanglement of elements or parts.
A hold in wrestling or self-defense that is secured on a part of an opponent’s body.
A secure hold or grip: The distributor has a lock on most of the market.
To fasten the lock of: close and lock a drawer.
To shut or make secure with or as if with locks: locked the house.
To confine or exclude by or as if by means of a lock: locked the dog in for the night; locked the criminal up in a cell.
To fix in place so that movement or escape is impossible; hold fast: The ship was locked in the ice through the winter.
To sight and follow (a moving target) automatically: locked the enemy fighter in the gun sights.
To aim (a weapon or other device) at a moving target so as to follow it automatically: “The pilot had locked his targeting radar on the slow-moving frigate” (Ed Magnuson).
To engage and interlock securely so as to be immobile.
To clasp or link firmly; intertwine: locked arms and walked away.
To bind in close struggle or battle: The two dogs were locked in combat.
To equip (a waterway) with locks.
To pass (a vessel) through a lock.
Printing.
To secure (letterpress type) in a chase or press bed by tightening the quoins.
To fasten (a curved plate) to the cylinder of a rotary press.
To invest (funds) in such a way that they cannot easily be converted into cash.
To end the processing of (a magnetic tape or disk) in such a way as to deny access to its contents.
To become fastened by or as if by means of a lock: The door locks automatically when shut.
To become entangled; interlock.
To become rigid or immobile: The mechanism tends to lock in cold weather.
To pass through a lock or locks in a waterway.
A length or curl of hair; a tress.
Often locks.
A small wisp or tuft, as of wool or cotton.
adj - to secure by means of a mechanical fastening device [v -ED, -ING, -S] : LOCKABLE