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English Dictionary: lock by the DICT Development Group
6 results for lock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lock
n
  1. a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
  2. a strand or cluster of hair
    Synonym(s): lock, curl, ringlet, whorl
  3. a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
  4. 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
    Synonym(s): lock, lock chamber
  5. a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
    Synonym(s): lock, ignition lock
  6. any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
v
  1. fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence" [ant: unlock]
  2. keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
    Synonym(s): engage, mesh, lock, operate
    Antonym(s): disengage, withdraw
  3. become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
    Antonym(s): unlock
  4. hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck"
    Synonym(s): lock, interlock, interlace
  5. become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace"
    Synonym(s): interlock, lock
  6. hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit"
  7. place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"
    Synonym(s): lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up
  8. pass by means through a lock in a waterway
  9. build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lock \Lock\, n. [AS. locc; akin to D. lok, G. locke, OHG. loc,
      Icel. lokkr, and perh. to Gr. [?] to bend, twist.]
      A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or
      other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.
  
               These gray locks, the pursuivants of death. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lock \Lock\, n. [AS. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the
      fastening of a door, fr. l[umac]can to lock, fasten; akin to
      OS. l[umac]kan (in comp.), D. luiken, OHG. l[umac]hhan, Icel.
      l[?]ka, Goth. l[umac]kan (in comp.); cf. Skr. ruj to break.
      Cf. {Locket}.]
      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.
            --Dryden.
  
      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. --Milton.
  
      {Detector lock}, a lock containing a contrivance for showing
            whether it as has been tampered with.
  
      {Lock bay} (Canals), the body of water in a lock chamber.
  
      {Lock chamber}, the inclosed space between the gates of a
            canal lock.
  
      {Lock nut}. See {Check nut}, under {Check}.
  
      {Lock plate}, a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock is
            attached.
  
      {Lock rail} (Arch.), in ordinary paneled doors, the rail
            nearest the lock.
  
      {Lock rand} (Masonry), a range of bond stone. --Knight.
  
      {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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lock \Lock\, v. i.
      To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as,
      the door locks close.
  
               When it locked none might through it pass. --Spenser.
  
      {To lock into}, to fit or slide into; as, they lock into each
            other. --Boyle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lock \Lock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Locked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Locking}.]
      1. 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.
  
      2. To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by
            fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as, to
            lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. etc.
  
      3. To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as
            with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often
            with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the
            prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out
            of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child
            in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast.
  
      4. To link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms. [bd]
            Lock hand in hand.[b8] --Shak.
  
      5. (Canals) To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a
            boat) in a lock.
  
      6. (Fencing) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by
            turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Lock
      The Hebrews usually secured their doors by bars of wood or iron
      (Isa. 45:2; 1 Kings 4:3). These were the locks originally used,
      and were opened and shut by large keys applied through an
      opening in the outside (Judg. 3:24). (See {KEY}.)
     
         Lock of hair (Judg. 16:13, 19; Ezek. 8:3; Num. 6:5, etc.).
     
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