Definitions of LOCK [ɒk]

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Definition of 'LOCK'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) lock
a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.

2.  lock
any contrivance for fastening or securing something.

3.  lock
(in a firearm)

4.  lock
the mechanism that explodes the charge; gunlock.

5.  lock
an enclosed chamber in a canal, dam, etc., with gates at each end, for raising or lowering vessels from one level to another by admitting or releasing water.

6.  lock
an air lock or decompression chamber.

7.  lock
complete and unchallenged control; an unbreakable hold:
to have a lock on the senatorial nomination.

8.  lock
Slang. someone or something certain of success; sure thing.

9.  lock
any of various wrestling holds, esp. a hold secured on the arm, leg, or head.

10. (v.t.) lock
to fasten or secure (a door, window, building, etc.) by the operation of a lock or locks.

11.  lock
to shut in by or as if by means of a lock, as for security or restraint.

12.  lock
to make fast or immovable by or as if by a lock:
to lock the steering wheel on a car.

13.  lock
to join or unite firmly by interlinking or intertwining:
to lock arms.

14.  lock
to hold fast in an embrace.

15.  lock
to move (a ship) by means of a lock or locks, as in a canal.

16.  lock
to furnish with locks, as a canal.

17. (v.i.) lock
to become locked:
This door locks with a key.

18.  lock
to become fastened, fixed, or interlocked:
gears that lock into place.

19.  lock
to go or pass by means of a lock or locks, as a vessel.

20.  lock
lock in,

21.  lock
to commit to unalterably.

22.  lock
(of an investor) to be unable or unwilling to sell or shift securities.

23.  lock
lock on, to track an object automatically by electronic means.

24.  lock
lock out,

25.  lock
to keep out by or as if by a lock.

26.  lock
to subject (employees) to a lockout.

27.  lock
lock up,

28.  lock
to imprison for a crime.

29.  lock
to make (type) immovable in a chase by securing the quoins.

30.  lock
to fasten or secure with a lock or locks.

31.  lock
to lock the doors of a house, automobile, etc.

32.  lock
to fasten or fix firmly, as by engaging parts.

33. (n.) lock
a tress, curl, or ringlet of hair.

34.  lock
locks,

35.  lock
the hair of the head.

36.  lock
short wool of inferior quality.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME locke, OE locc, c. OS

Definition of 'LOCK'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) lock
a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed

2. (noun) lock, curl, ringlet, whorl
a strand or cluster of hair

3. (noun) lock
a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun

4. (noun) lock, lock chamber
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

5. (noun) lock, ignition lock
a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key

6. (verb) lock
any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured

7. (verb) lock
fasten with a lock
"lock the bike to the fence"

8. (verb) engage, mesh, lock, operate
keep engaged
"engaged the gears"

9. (verb) lock
become rigid or immoveable
"The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"

10. (verb) lock, interlock, interlace
hold in a locking position
"He locked his hands around her neck"

11. (verb) interlock, lock
become engaged or intermeshed with one another
"They were locked in embrace"

12. (verb) lock
hold fast (in a certain state)
"He was locked in a laughing fit"

13. (verb) lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up
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"

14. (verb) lock
pass by means through a lock in a waterway

15. (verb) lock
build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels

Definition of 'LOCK'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) lock
on location
to fasten with a key
Lock the doors and windows before you go.; The door locks automatically.; I locked my passport in the drawer.

2.  lock
to get stuck in one position
Suddenly my knee joint locked and I could not move.

3. (noun) lock
a device used to fasten sth so that it will not open
We put new locks on the windows.

4.  lock
a device used to prevent sb from being able to use sth
My computer has a lock protected with a password.

5.  lock
an area on a river or canal where the water level can be raised or lowered to allow boats to move from one level to another
the rising water in the lock

6.  lock
a strand of hair
a lock of the baby's hair

Definition of 'LOCK'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) LOCK
a tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair

2. (noun) LOCK
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. (noun) LOCK
a fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable

4. (noun) LOCK
a place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock

5. (noun) LOCK
the barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal

6. (noun) LOCK
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

7. (noun) LOCK
that part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc

8. (noun) LOCK
a device for keeping a wheel from turning

9. (noun) LOCK
a grapple in wrestling

10. (verb) LOCK
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

11. (verb) LOCK
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

12. (verb) LOCK
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

13. (verb) LOCK
to link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms

14. (verb) LOCK
to furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock

15. (verb) LOCK
to seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him

16. (verb) LOCK
to become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as, the door locks close

Translation of 'LOCK'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a mechanism for fastening doors etc He put the key in the lock.
Afrikaans: slot	Arabic: قِفْل	Bulgarian: ключалка
Brazilian: fechadura	Czech: zámek	German: das Schloß
Danish: lås	Greek: κλειδαριά	Spanish: cerradura
Estonian: lukk	Farsi: قفل	Finnish: lukko
French: serrure	Hebrew: מַנעוּל	Hindi: ताला
Croatian: ključanica	Hungarian: zár	Indonesian: kunci
Icelandic: lás, læsing	Italian: serratura	Japanese: 錠
Korean: 자물쇠	Lithuanian: spyna, užraktas	Latvian: slēdzene; aizšaujamais; b
Malay: kunci	Dutch: slot	Norwegian: lås
Polish: zamek	Persian: قفل	Pashto: كولپ،قفل
Portuguese: fechadura	Romanian: lacăt	Russian: замок
Slovak: zámok	Slovenian: ključavnica	Serbian: brava
Swedish: lås	Thai: กุญแจ	Turkish: kilit
Taiwanese: 鎖	Ukrainian: замок; засув	Urdu: قفل، تالا
Vietnamese: ổ khóa	Chinese: 锁
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