LOCK

lock

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

lock

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

lock, ignition lock

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

lock, lock chamber

(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

lock

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

lock, curl, ringlet, whorl

(noun) a strand or cluster of hair

lock

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

lock

(verb) fasten with a lock; “lock the bike to the fence”

engage, mesh, lock, operate

(verb) keep engaged; “engaged the gears”

interlock, lock

(verb) become engaged or intermeshed with one another; “They were locked in embrace”

lock, interlock, interlace

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

lock

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

lock

(verb) hold fast (in a certain state); “He was locked in a laughing fit”

lock

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Proper noun

Lock

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lock is the 5,058^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6,936 individuals. Lock is most common among White (76.33%) and Black (10.86%) individuals.

Anagrams

• KLOC

Etymology 1

Noun

lock (plural locks)

Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.

(computing, by extension) A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.

A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.

(gun mechanisms) The firing mechanism.

Complete control over a situation.

Something sure to be a success.

(rugby) A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.

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.

A device for keeping a wheel from turning.

A grapple in wrestling.

Hyponyms

• ankle lock

• caps lock

• deadlock

• flash lock

• flat lock

• gridlock

• gunlock

• leglock

• liplock

• livelock

• lock gate

• num lock

• matchlock

• overlock

• padlock

• scroll lock

• staircase lock

• tide lock

• time lock

• Windsor Locks

Verb

lock (third-person singular simple present locks, present participle locking, simple past locked, past participle (obsolete) locken or locked)

(intransitive) To become fastened in place.

(transitive) To fasten with a lock.

(intransitive) To be capable of becoming fastened in place.

(transitive) To intertwine or dovetail.

(intransitive, break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.

To furnish (a canal) with locks.

To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.

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

(Internet, transitive) To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.

(Internet, transitive, WMF jargon) To prevent a page from being edited by other users.

Antonyms

• (to fasten with a lock; to be capable of becoming fasteneed in place): unlock

Etymology 2

Noun

lock (plural locks)

A tuft or length of hair, wool etc.

A small quantity of straw etc.

(Scotland, legal, historical) A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.

Anagrams

• KLOC

Source: Wiktionary

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Lock, n. Etym: [AS. locc; akin to D. lok, G. locke, OHG. loc, Icel. lokkr, and perh. to Gr.

Definition: A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair. These gray locks, the pursuivants of death. Shak.

Lock, n. Etym: [AS. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the fastening of a door, fr. lucan to lock, fasten; akin to OS. lukan (in comp.), D. luiken, OHG. luhhan, Icel. l, Goth. lukan (in comp.); cf. Skr. ruj to break. Cf. Locket.]

1. 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.

2. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable. Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages. De Quincey.

3. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. Dryden.

4. The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal.

5. 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.

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

7. A device for keeping a wheel from turning.

8. A grapple in wrestling. Milton. Detector lock, a lock containing a contrivance for showing whether it as has been tampered with.

– Lock bay (Canals), the body of water in a lock chamber.

– Lock chamber, the inclosed space between the gates of a canal lock.

– Lock nut. See Check nut, under Check.

– Lock plate, a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock is attached.

– Lock rail (Arch.), in ordinary paneled doors, the rail nearest the lock. Lock rand (Masonry), a range of bond stone. Knight.

– Mortise lock, a door lock inserted in a mortise.

– Rim lock, a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus differing from a mortise lock.

Lock, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Locked; p. pr. & vb. n. Locking.]

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. To link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms. " Lock hand in hand." Shak.

5. (Canals)

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

6. (Fencing)

Definition: To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.

Lock, v. i.

Definition: To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as, the door locks close. When it locked none might through it pass. Spenser. To lock into, to fit or slide into; as, they lock into each other. Boyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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