lock

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

noun - 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

verb - 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