Australian English Meaning of lock
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Definitions and Meaning of lock in English
lock (n)
a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
a strand or cluster of hair
a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
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
a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
lock (v)
fasten with a lock
keep engaged
become rigid or immoveable
hold in a locking position
become engaged or intermeshed with one another
hold fast (in a certain state)
place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
pass by means through a lock in a waterway
build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
lock (n.)
A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.
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.
A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.
The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal.
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.
That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc.
A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
A grapple in wrestling.
lock (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.
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.
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.
To link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms.
To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.
lock (v. i.)
To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as, the door locks close.
FAQs About the word lock
lock
a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed, a strand or cluster of hair, a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun, enclosure consistin
bar,bolt,chain,close,fasten,latch,close,Batten down,plug,seal
open,unlock,Unbolt,untie,unlatch,unseal,unbar,unchain
loci => loci, lochial => lochia, lochia => Lochia, loche => cod, lochan => Lochan,
