Lock

[lɒk] or [lɑk]

Definition

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

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

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

(noun.) 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.

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

(noun.) a strand or cluster of hair.

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

(verb.) fasten with a lock; 'lock the bike to the fence'.

(verb.) hold in a locking position; 'He locked his hands around her neck'.

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

(verb.) hold fast (in a certain state); 'He was locked in a laughing fit'.

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

Editor: Manuel--From WordNet

Definition

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

(n.) 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.

(n.) A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.

(n.) A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.

(n.) The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal.

(n.) 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.

(n.) That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc.

(n.) A device for keeping a wheel from turning.

(n.) A grapple in wrestling.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms.

(v. t.) To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.

(v. t.) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.

(v. i.) To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as, the door locks close.

Typed by Darla

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Lift-lock (of a canal).[2]. Tuft, flock.

v. a. [1]. Fasten (with a lock), close fast.[2]. Confine (by locking), shut up, lock up.[3]. Enclose, encircle, embrace.

Checker: Raffles

Definition

n. a device to fasten doors &c.: an enclosure 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.—v.t. 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.—v.i. to become fast: to unite closely.—ns. Lock′age the locks of a canal: the difference in their levels the materials used for them and the tolls paid for passing through them; Lock′-chain a chain for fastening the wheels of a vehicle by tying the rims to some part which does not rotate; Lock′er any closed place that may be locked; Lock′et a little ornamental case of gold or silver usually containing a miniature.—adj. Lock′fast firmly fastened by locks.—ns. Lock′gate a gate for opening or closing a lock in a canal or river; Lock′-hos′pital (see Hospital); Lock′house the lock-keeper's house; Lock′-jaw Locked′-jaw a contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is suspended; Lock′-keep′er one who keeps or attends the locks of a canal; Lock′out the act of locking out esp. used of the locking out of a teacher by the pupils or vice vers or of the refusal of an employer to admit his workmen within the works as a means of coercion; Locks′man a turnkey; Lock′smith a smith who makes and mends locks; Lock′stitch a stitch formed by the locking of two threads together; Lock′up a place for locking up or confining persons for a short time.—Not a shot in the locker (naut.) not a penny in the pocket.

n. a tuft or ringlet of hair: a small quantity as of hay: (Scots law) a quantity of meal the perquisite of a mill-servant: (Shak.) a love-lock—n. Lock′man an officer in the Isle of Man who acts as a kind of under-sheriff to the governor.

Editor: Sheldon

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of a lock, denotes bewilderment. If the lock works at your command, or efforts, you will discover that some person is working you injury. If you are in love, you will find means to aid you in overcoming a rival; you will also make a prosperous journey. If the lock resists your efforts, you will be derided and scorned in love and perilous voyages will bring to you no benefit. To put a lock upon your fiance'e's neck and arm, foretells that you are distrustful of her fidelity, but future episodes will disabuse your mind of doubt.

Inputed by Artie

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Editor: Ryan

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