Brazilian Portugese Meaning of lock

fechadura

Other Brazilian Portugese words related to fechadura

Definitions and Meaning of lock in English

Wordnet

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

Wordnet

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

Webster

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.

Webster

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.

Webster

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

fechadura

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,parafuso,corrente,prender,trinco,fechar,Apertado (para baixo),ficha,foca,seguro

aberto,desbloquear,Desaparafusar,desapertar,destravar,abrir o lacre,destrancar,libertar

loci => loci, lochial => lóquios, lochia => Lóquios, loche => bacalhau, lochan => Lochan,