Dictionary Definition
lock
Noun
1 a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep
it firmly closed
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 [syn: 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 [syn: ignition
lock]
6 any wrestling hold in which some part of the
opponent's body is twisted or pressured
Verb
3 become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist
noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
[ant: unlock]
5 become engaged or intermeshed with one another;
"They were locked in embrace" [syn: interlock]
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" [syn:
lock in,
lock
away, 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
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology 1
locNoun
- Something used for fastening, which can only be
opened with a key or
combination.
- 1883, Robert
Louis Stevenson, Treasure
Island
- "Give me the key," said my mother; and though the lock was very stiff, she had turned it and thrown back the lid in a twinkling.
- 1883, Robert
Louis Stevenson, Treasure
Island
- A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
- The firing mechanism of a gun.
- A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
Derived terms
Translations
something used for fastening
- Bosnian: brava
- Bulgarian: ключалка
- Catalan: cadenat
- Czech: zámek
- Dutch: slot
- Finnish: lukko
- French: serrure
- German: Schloss
- Gujarati: તાળું (tālu.n)
- Hindi: ताला (tālā)
- Italian: serratura, chiavistello, lucchetto
- Japanese: (jō)
- Macedonian: брава
- Portuguese: fechadura
- Russian: замо́к (zamók) , запо́р (zapór) , затво́р (zatvór)
- Serbian:
- Slovak: zámok
- Slovene: ključavnica
- Swedish: lås
- Telugu: తాళము (tALamu)
- Urdu: تالا
segment of a canal
- Catalan: resclosa
- Czech: zdymadlo, plavební komora
- Dutch: sluis
- Finnish: sulku
- French: écluse
- German: Schleuse
- Italian: chiusa
- Russian: шлюз (šl'uz)
- Spanish: esclusa
- Swedish: sluss
firing mechanism of a gun
- Dutch: haan
- Finnish: lukko
- French: verrou
- German: Schloss
- Portuguese: trava
- Russian: затво́р (zatvór)
- Slovak: zámok
- Swedish: lås
Etymology 2
loccNoun
- tuft or length of hair
Related terms
Translations
length of hair
- Czech: lokna
- Dutch: lok
- Finnish: kihara
- German: Locke
- Italian: ricciolo , ciocca
- Slovak: zdúvadlo , plavebná komora
- Swedish: lock
Etymology 3
lūcanVerb
- To become fastened in place
- If you put the brakes on too hard, the wheels will lock.
- (break
dancing) To freeze ones body or a part thereof in place
- a pop and lock routine
- To fasten with a lock.
- Remember to lock the door when you leave.
Antonyms
Translations
to become fastened in place
to fasten with lock
- Czech: zamknout
- Dutch: afsluiten, op slot doen
- Finnish: lukita
- German: abschließen
- Italian: chiudere , serrare
- Slovene: zakleniti
- Swedish: låsa
References
- 1-5. Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese. Maria Cristina Bareggi, ed. Turin: Paravia, 2003 (in collaboration with Oxford University Press). ISBN 8839551107.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Derived terms
- Få lock för örat: be deafened. When you have bad hearing from the change in air pressure due to an air plane flight. So it’s sort of like having a casserole cover in your ear
References
Extensive Definition
- For information on "locked" Wikipedia pages, see Wikipedia:Protection policy.
Mechanical devices
- Lock (device), a mechanical device used to secure possessions
- Lock (firearm), the ignition mechanism used on early projectile weapons
- Lock (water transport), an enclosure in a navigable canal or river which enables ships and boats to pass between sections of the waterway at different levels
Technology
- Lock (computer science), a bookkeeping object associated with a piece of data that is used to serialize concurrent access
- Lock (database), a feature used when multiple users access a database concurrently
- Lock (weapons guidance), an indication the missile seeker system has a suitable or adequate acquisition fix to hit successfully if launched
Sports
- Lock (Rugby League), a player position in a Rugby League
- Lock (Rugby Union), a player position in a Rugby Union
Entertainment
- Lock (Saga of the Skolian empire), a fictional sentient machine in the novels by Catherine Asaro
Other
- Lock of hair, a tuft or small bundle of hair
- Lock, South Australia, a small town located in the centre of the Eyre Peninsula
See also
- -lock, an article about the Old English suffix
- Locke, a common English surname and place name
- Loch, a Gaelic term used in Scotland to describe lakes and other bodies of water
- Locked (single), by Mutha's Day Out
- Locking (disambiguation)
- Lox, cured salmon filet
lock in French: lock
lock in Russian: Шлюз
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
aboideau, accord, agree, air lock, answer to,
articulate, assent, assort with, authority, bang, bar, barricade, barrier, batten, batten down, be
consistent, be of one, be uniform with, bear hug, bind, block, block up, blockade, bolt, buckle, butt, button, button up, cage, catch, cessation, check, chime, chock, choke, choke off, clap, clasp, cleat, clip, close, close off, close out, close
tight, close up, clutch,
cohere, coincide, command, commit, concur, confine, conform, conform with, consist
with, constrain,
constrict, contain, contract, control, coop up, cooperate, correspond, cover, crimp, crowd, curl, dead set, dead stand, dead
stop, deadlock,
debar, detain, dock gate, dog, dovetail, dying down, ebb, ebbing, engage, entangle, entwine, exclude, fall in together,
fasten, fit together,
fix, fix on, fix upon,
flood-hatch, floodgate, fold, fold up, follow, frizz, frizzle, full nelson, full stop,
gate, go together, go with,
grapple, grasp, half nelson, halt, hang together, harmonize, hasp, head gate, hinge, hit, hitch, hold, hold together, hook, implant, impound, imprison, incarcerate, interlock, intersect, jam, jibe, join, joint, keep out, keep track of,
key, latch, lock gate, lock in, lock
out, lock up, match,
miter, mortise, nail, oblige, obstruct, occlude, overlap, pack, padlock, parallel, peg, penstock, pin, plant, plumb, ponytail, power, pursue, quarter nelson, rabbet, register, register with,
respond to, restrain,
restrict, retain, ringlet, rivet, scarf, scissors, screw, seal, seal off, seal up, secure, sew, shut, shut off, shut out, shut the
door, shut tight, shut up, sing in chorus, skewer, slam, sluice, sluice gate, snap, sort with, square, square with, squeeze, squeeze shut, stabilize, stand, stand together, standstill, staple, stick, stifle, stillstand, stitch, stop, stop up, strangle, stranglehold, strangulate, subsidence, suffocate, supervision, sway, tack, tally, tide gate, toehold, toggle, track, tress, wane, waning, water gate, wedge, weir, zip up, zipper