LOCK
\lˈɒk], \lˈɒk], \l_ˈɒ_k]\
Definitions of LOCK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
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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
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become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace"
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pass by means through a lock in a waterway
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any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
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a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
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a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
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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"
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fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence"
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build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
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become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
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hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit"
By Princeton University
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keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
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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
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become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace"
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pass by means through a lock in a waterway
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any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
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a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
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a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
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become rigid or immoveable; of bones; "Don't lock your knees in this exercise"
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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"
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fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence"
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build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.
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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.
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A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
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A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.
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The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal.
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That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc.
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A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
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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.
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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.
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To link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms.
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To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
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To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.
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To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as, the door locks close.
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.
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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.
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A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
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A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.
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The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal.
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That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc.
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A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
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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.
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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.
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To link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms.
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To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
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To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.
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To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as, the door locks close.
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A mechanical device furnished with a spring and bolt for fastening a door, etc., by means of a key; anything that fastens; an inclosure between gates in a canal, river, etc., used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from level to level; a mechanism for firing a gun; a tuft of hair or wool; ringlet.
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To fasten or secure with a lock; shut up; confine.
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To become fast by a lock; entwine.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An instrument to fasten doors, etc.: an inclosure in a canal for raising or lowering boats: the part of a firearm by which it is discharged: a grapple in wrestling: a state of being immovable: any narrow confined place.
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To fasten with a lock: to fasten so as to impede motion: to shut up: to close fast: to embrace closely: to furnish with locks.
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To become fast: to unite closely.
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A tuft or ringlet of hair: a flock of wool, etc.
By Daniel Lyons
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Fastening for a door, &c.; inclosed space in a canal; contrivance for discharging a gun; tuft of hair.
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To fasten with a lock; clasp closely.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To make fast; shut in or out securely.
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To be securely closed; be held fast.
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A device to fasten doors, drawers, etc., by means of a key.
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A spring mechanism for discharging a firearm.
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An enclosure in a canal, with floodgates, to control the water level.
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A tuft, as of hair.
By James Champlin Fernald
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