lock

lock 1  (lk) n. 1. A device operated by a key, combination, or keycard and used, as on a door, for holding, closing, or securing. 2. A section of a waterway, such as a canal, closed off with gates, in which vessels in transit are raised or lowered by raising or lowering the water level of that section. 3. A mechanism in a firearm for exploding the charge. 4. An interlocking or entanglement of elements or parts. 5. a. Sports A hold in wrestling or self-defense that is secured on a part of an opponent's body. b. A secure hold; control: The distributor has a lock on most of the market. c. A sure thing; a certainty: His promotion is a lock. v. locked, lock·ing, locks v.tr. 1. a. To fasten the lock of: close and lock a drawer. b. To shut or make secure with or as if with locks: locked the house. 2. To confine or exclude by or as if by means of a lock: locked the dog in for the night; locked the criminal up in a cell. 3. To fix in place so that movement or escape is impossible; hold fast: The ship was locked in the ice through the winter. She felt that she had become locked into a binding agreement. 4. a. To sight and follow (a moving target) automatically: locked the enemy fighter in the gun sights. b. To aim (a weapon or other device) at a moving target so as to follow it automatically: "The pilot had locked his targeting radar on the slow-moving frigate" Ed Magnuson. 5. To engage and interlock securely so as to be immobile. 6. To clasp or link firmly; intertwine: locked arms and walked away. 7. To bind in close struggle or battle: The two dogs were locked in combat. 8. a. To equip (a waterway) with locks. b. To pass (a vessel) through a lock. 9. Printing a. To secure (letterpress type) in a chase or press bed by tightening the quoins. b. To fasten (a curved plate) to the cylinder of a rotary press. 10. To invest (funds) in such a way that they cannot easily be converted into cash. 11. Computer Science a. To end the processing of (a magnetic tape or disk) in such a way as to deny access to its contents. b. To protect (a file) from changes or deletion. v.intr. 1. To become fastened by or as if by means of a lock: The door locks automatically when shut. 2. To become entangled; interlock. 3. To become rigid or immobile: The mechanism tends to lock in cold weather. 4. To pass through a lock or locks in a waterway. Phrasal Verb: lock out To withhold work from (employees) during a labor dispute. Idioms: lock horns To become embroiled in conflict. lock, stock, and barrel To the greatest or most complete extent; wholly: an estate that was auctioned off lock, stock, and barrel. under lock and key Securely locked up. [Middle English, from Old English loc, bolt, bar.] locka·ble adj.

lock1 pin-tumbler cylinder lock

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lock ¹

Noun

1. a device for fastening a door, drawer, lid, etc., and preventing unauthorized access

2. a section of a canal or river closed off by gates between which the water level can be altered to aid boats moving from one level to the next

3. Brit & NZ the extent to which a vehicle's front wheels will turn: they adopted more steering lock

4. the interlocking of parts

5. a mechanism that fires a gun

6. lock, stock, and barrel completely; entirely

7. a wrestling hold

8. Also called: (lock forward) Rugby a player in the second row of the scrum

Verb

1. to fasten or become fastened to prevent entry or exit

2. to secure (a building) by locking all doors and windows

3. to fix or become fixed together securely

4. to become or cause to become immovable: just before your knees lock

5. to clasp or entangle in a struggle or embrace

See also lock out, lock up [Old English loc]

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lock ²

Noun

1. a strand or curl of hair

2. locks Chiefly literary hair [Old English loc]

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Lock a handful, armful, or small bundle; locks of hair on the head, collectively.

Examples: lock of bacon, 1843; of cover, 1847; of corn, 1629; of cotton, 1849; of flax, 1673; of grass, 1661; of hair, 1526; of ham; of hay, 1575; of lightning, 1850; of money, 1804; of straw, 1563; of tar, 1823; of wheat, 1827; of wool, 1463.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lock - a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed deadbolt, bolt - the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key combination lock - lock that can be opened only by turning dials in a special sequence cylinder lock - a lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt; tumblers are pins; inserting the key lifts and aligns the pins to free the cylinder to rotate door - a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle; "he knocked on the door"; "he slammed the door as he left" doorlock - a lock on an exterior door drawer - a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing - restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place gate - a movable barrier in a fence or wall keyhole - the hole where a key is inserted door latch, latch - spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key lever lock - a lock whose tumblers are levers that must be raised to a given position so that the bolt can move lid - a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.; "he raised the piano lid" padlock - a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut sash fastener, sash lock, window lock - a lock attached to the sashes of a double hung window that can fix both in the shut position tumbler - a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown
	2.	lock - a strand or cluster of hair           ringlet, whorl, curl hair - a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells" coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle - the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) sausage curl - a fat sausage-shaped curl forelock - a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead crimp - a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled dreadlock - one of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp; popularized by Rastafarians
	3.	lock - a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun firearm, small-arm, piece - a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster" mechanism - device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
	4.	lock - 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 chamber canal - long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation enclosure - a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
	5.	lock - a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key ignition lock ignition switch - switch that operates a solenoid that closes a circuit to operate the starter constraint, restraint - a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
	6.	lock - any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured wrestling hold - a hold used in the sport of wrestling hammerlock - a wrestling hold in which the opponent's arm is twisted up behind his back headlock - a wrestling hold in which the opponent's head is locked between the crook of your elbow and the side of your body
Verb	1.	lock - fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence" fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" padlock - fasten with a padlock bolt - secure or lock with a bolt; "bolt the door" lock away, put away, shut away, shut up, lock in, lock up, lock - 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" lock up - secure by locking; "lock up the house before you go on vacation" unlock - become unlocked; "The door unlocked from the inside" unlock - open the lock of; "unlock the door"
	2.	lock - keep engaged; "engaged the gears" mesh, operate, engage flip, switch, throw - cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever" ride - keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot; "Don't ride the clutch!" move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
	3.	lock - become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise" engage - get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged" unlock - become unlocked; "The door unlocked from the inside"
	4.	lock - hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck" interlace, interlock hold, take hold - have or hold in one's hands or grip; "Hold this bowl for a moment, please"; "A crazy idea took hold of him"
	5.	lock - become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace" interlock hug, bosom, embrace, squeeze - squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him"
	6.	lock - hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit" overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcome - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
	7.	lock - 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" lock away, put away, shut away, shut up, lock in, lock up confine - prevent from leaving or from being removed
	8.	lock - pass by means through a lock in a waterway go across, pass, go through - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
	9.	lock - build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels build, construct, make - make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"

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lock ¹

verb 1. fasten, close, secure, shut, bar, seal, bolt, latch, sneck (dialect)

verb 2. unite, join, link, engage, mesh, clench, entangle, interlock, entwine

verb 3. embrace, press, grasp, clutch, hug, enclose, grapple, clasp, encircle

noun 4. fastening, catch, bolt, clasp, padlock

lock someone out shut out, bar, ban, exclude, keep out, debar, refuse admittance to

lock someone up imprison, jail, confine, cage, detain, shut up, incarcerate, send down (informal) send to prison, put behind bars

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lock ²

noun strand, curl, tuft, tress, ringlet

Translations

lock [lɔk] n [of door, box] → cerradura, chapa (LAM) [of canal] → esclusa; [of hair] → mechón m

vt (with key) → cerrar con llave (= immobilize); inmovilizar

vi [door etc] → cerrarse con llave; [wheels] → trabarse;

lock stock and barrel (fig) → por completo or entero;

on full lock (AUT) → con el volante girado al máximo

lock away vt [+ valuables] → guardar bajo llave [+ criminal]; encerrar

lock out vt the workers were locked out → los trabajadores tuvieron que enfrentarse con un cierre patronal

lock up vi → echar la llave

lock [lɔk] n [of door, box] → serrure f [of canal]; écluse f [of hair]; mèche f, boucle f

vt (with key) → fermer à clé (= immobilize); bloquer

vi [door etc] → fermer à clé; [wheels] → se bloquer;

lock stock and barrel (fig) → en bloc;

on full lock (Brit) (Aut) → le volant tourné à fond

lock away vt [+ valuables] → mettre sous clé [+ criminal]; mettre sous les verrous, enfermer

lock in vt → enfermer

lock out vt → enfermer dehors;

(on purpose) → mettre à la porte: [+ workers]; lock-outer

lock up vt [+ person] → enfermer [+ house]; fermer à clé

vi → tout fermer (à clé)

lock [lɔk] n [of door etc] → Schloss nt;

(on canal) → Schleuse f;

(also: lock of hair) → Locke f

vt [+ door etc] → abschließen;

(steering wheel) → sperren;

(Comput) (keyboard) → verriegeln

vi [door etc] → sich abschließen lassen; [wheels, mechanism etc] → blockieren;

on full lock (Aut) → voll eingeschlagen;

lock, stock and barrel → mit allem Drum und Dran;

his jaw locked → er hatte Mundsperre

lock away lock vt → wegschließen [+ criminal]; einsperren

lock in lock vt → einschließen

lock out lock vt → aussperren

lock up lock vt [+ criminal etc] → einsperren [+ house]; abschließen

vi → abschließen

lock [lɔk] n [of door, box] → serratura; [of canal] → chiusa; [of hair] → ciocca, riccio

vt (with key) → chiudere a chiave (= immobilize); bloccare

vi [door etc] → chiudersi; [wheels] → bloccarsi, incepparsi;

lock stock and barrel (fig) → in blocco;

on full lock (BRIT ) (AUT) → a tutto sterzo

lock away vt [+ valuables] → tenere (rinchiuso/a) al sicuro [+ criminal]; metter dentro

lock out vt → chiudere fuori;

to lock workers out → fare una serrata

lock up vi → chiudere tutto (a chiave)

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lock¹

n lock [lok]

1 a mechanism for fastening doors etc He put the key in the lock.slotقِفْلключалкаzámeklåsdas Schloßκλειδαριάcerraduralukkقفلlukkoserrureמַנעוּלतालाključanicazárkuncilás, læsingserratura錠자물쇠spyna, užraktasslēdzene; aizšaujamais; bultakuncislotlåszamekfechaduralacătзамокzámokključavnicabravalåsกุญแจkilit鎖замок; засувقفل، تالاổ khóa锁

2 a closed part of a canal for raising or lowering boats to a higher or lower part of the canal. sluisهَويس لِرَفْع منسوب الماء أو خَفْضِهшлюзzdymadloslusedie Schleusenkammerυδατοφράκτηςesclusalüüsآب بندsulkuécluseסֶכֶר נָהָרबन्धbrodarska splavnicazsilippintu airskipastigi; þrep í skipastigachiusa水門(운하·강의) 갑문, 수문šliuzasslūžas; dambispintu airsluissluse(kammer)śluzacomportaecluzăшлюзplavebná komorazapornicabranaslussประตูน้ำkanal havuzu船閘шлюз; гребляنہر یا دریا کا گھیرا ہوا رقبہ جہاں پانی کی سطح کو اونچا نیچا کیا جا سکتا ہےcửa cống船闸

3 the part of a gun by which it is fired. geweerslotجِهاز التَّفْجير في السِّلاح الناريзатворzápalníklåsdas Schloßεμπυρέας όπλουpercusorpüssilukkچخماقlukkopercuteurבַּרִיחַगुच्छाokidačzávárzatpicubyssulásotturatore発射装置총의 발사 장치spyna(ieroču) aizslēgspicuslotlåszamekfechariapie­dicăзамок, затворkohútikzapiračokidačlås, avfyrningsmekanismนกสับ (ส่วนหนึ่งของปืน)ateşleme düzeni(槍的)扳機затворبندوق وغیرہ کی لبلبیkim hỏa枪机

4 a tight hold (in wrestling etc). klemقَفْلَه، قَبْضَه مُحْكَمَه في المُصارَعَهхваткаzámekgreb; tagdie Fesselλαβή (π.χ. στην πάλη)llavelukkقفلlukkoclefחָבוּקklinčkulcsoláskuncitakchiaveロック(레슬링의) 맞잡기suėmimas kabliusatvēriens (cīņā)kuncihoudgreeptak, grepuściskchaveţinereзахват на ключzámokčvrst prijemklinčlåsท่าการจับแบบกีฬามวยปล้ำkapma, kavrama揪扭захватکشتی میں سخت گرفتmiếng khóa trong môn vật揪扭

v

to fasten or become fastened with a lock She locked the drawer; This door doesn't lock.sluitيُقْفِلзаключвам (се)zamknoutlåsever-, abschließenκλειδώνωcerrar con llavelukustama, lukku minemaقفل کردن یا زدنlukita, mennä lukkoonfermer à clefלִנעוֹלताला लगाना, फस जानाzaključatibezár, kulcsra zár; zár(ódik)mengunciloka, læsachiudere a chiave*鍵をかける자물쇠를 채우다; 자물쇠가 잠기다už(si)rakinti[]slēgt; ieslēgt; saslēgt; izlaist caur slūžām (kuģi)mengunciop slot doenlåse(s)zamknąć (się) na kluczfechar à chavea (se) încuiaзапирать(ся)zamknúťzaklenitizaključatilåsa, gå i låsใส่กุญแจkitle(n)mek鎖住замикати(ся) на замокقفل بند کرنا یا ہوناkhóa锁

n ˈlocker

a small cupboard, especially for sports equipment. bêrekasخِزانَه لِحِفْظ الأمْتِعَهчекмеджеskříňkaskabder Spindντουλαπάκιcajón con llavekappکمد؛ قفسه قفل دارkaappicasierאֲרוֹנִיתलॉकर, सामान सुरक्षित रखने की संदुकचीormarićszekrénylemari kecilskápur (í búningsklefa)armadiettoロッカー로커, 보관실[]užrakinama spintelėaizslēdzams skapītislokarkastskapszafka metalowaarmáriodulăpiorзапирающийся шкафчикskrinkaomarica s ključemormarić[]skåpตู้eşya dolabı櫃鎖шафка з замкомقفل بند خانہtủ ngăn nhỏ柜

n ˈlocket [-kit]

a little ornamental case hung round the neck a gold locket containing a piece of his hair.hangertjieقِلادَهмедалъонmedailónmedaljon; -medaljondas Medallionθήκη-μενταγιόνmedallón, guardapelomedaljonگردن بندmedaljonkimédaillonמַשכִּיתलॉकेटmedaljonmedalion, medálbandulnisti (í hálskeðju)medaglioneロケット로켓(사진 등을 넣어 목걸이에 다는 것)medalionasmedaljonsloketmedaillonmedaljongmedalionmedalhãomedalionмедальонmedailónmedaljonmedaljonmedaljongตลับหรือกล่องเล็กที่มักทำเป็นจี้ห้อยคอmadalyon(項鏈上的)裝飾盒медальйонگلے کا زیورtrái tim có lồng ảnh đeo ở cổ保藏记念品的贵重金属小盒

n ˈlocksmith

a person who makes and mends locks. slotmakerصانِع الأقْفالшлосерzámečníklåsesmedder Schlosserκλειδαράςcerrajerolukkseppقفل سازlukkoseppäserrurier/-ièreמַנעוּלָןतालसाजbravarlakatospandai kuncilásasmiður(fabbro per serrature)錠前屋자물쇠 제조공spynų meistrasatslēdzniekstukang kuncislotenmakerlåsesmedślusarzserralheirolăcătuşслесарьzámočníkključavničarbravarlåssmedช่างทำกุญแจçilingir, anahtarcı鎖匠слюсарقفل ساز مستریngười sửa khóa锁匠

lock in

to prevent from getting out of a building etc by using a lock She found she was locked in, and had to climb out of the window.opsluitيُقْفِل الباب علىзаключвамzamknoutlåse indeeinsperrenκλειδώνω μέσαencerrarluku taha jätmaحبس شدنlukita sisäänenfermer (à l'intérieur)לִנעוֹל בִּפנִיםताले के अंदर बंद करनाzaključati, spriječiti izlazbezármencegah keluarlæsa innichiudere in/dentro閉じこめる가두다užrakinti ką, uždaryti (viduj)ieslēgtmengurungbinnensluitenlåse innezamknąć (kogoś) na klucztrancara în­cu­ia (înăuntru)запереть и не выпускатьzamknúťzakleniti noterzaključatilåsa inถูกขังอยู่ด้านในkilitlenip/kilitleyip içerde kalmak鎖在裡面замикати (і не випускати)قفل بند کرکے عمارت میں قید کرناnhốt trong nhà关在里面

lock out

to prevent from getting into a building etc by using a lock Don't lock yourself out (of the house) by forgetting to take your key with you.uitsluitيُقْفِل الأبواب ليمْنَعَه من الخُروجзаключвам се отвънzamknout silåse udeaussperrenκλειδώνω έξωcerrar la puertaukse taha jätmaدر را بروی کسی قفل کردنjättää oven ulkopuolelleenfermer dehorsלִנעוֹל בַּחוּץतालाबन्दीzaključati, spriječiti ulazkizármencegah masuklæsa útichiudere fuori締め出す(문을 잠가) 들어오지 못하게 하다užrakinti/uždaryti, kad paskui nepatektumnelaist iekšā; palikt ārpusētidak dapat masukbuitensluitenlåse utezamknąć (przed kimś) drzwi na klucztrancar a porta contraa rămâne afarăзапереть дверь и не впускатьvymknúť sazakleniti venzaključatilåsa uteไม่สามารถเข้าไปได้kilitlenip/kilitleyip dışarda kalmak關在外面замкнути двері (і не впускати)تالہ بندیkhóa cửa không cho vào关在外面

lock up

1 to confine or prevent from leaving or being taken away by using a lock to lock up a prisoner / one's jewellery.opsluitيُقْفِل على، يَحْبِسзаключвамdát pod zámekspærre inde; låse indeeinschließenφυλακίζω, κλειδώνωcerrar con llaveluku taha panemaحبس کردنpanna lukkojen taaksemettre sous clefלִנעוֹלबंद कर देनाzatvoritibecsuk; elzármengurunglæsa inni; setja í læsta hirslu; setja í fangelsimettere sotto chiave監禁する가두다uždaryti, užrakintisaslēgt; ieslēgtmengurungopsluitenlåse inne, sperre innewziąć pod klucz, zamknąćfechara închideспрятать под замокdať pod zámokzapretizaključatilåsa inขังkilitlemek, kilit altına almak鎖住посадити у в'язницю; замикатиحراست میں رکھناkhóa cẩn thận锁住

2 to lock whatever should be locked He locked up and left the shop about 5.30 p.m.sluitيُقْفِل مكان العَمَلзаключвамzamknout (vše)låseabschließenκλειδαμπαρώνω, κλειδώνω ό,τι έχει κλειδαριάcerrar con llaveuksi lukustamaقفل کردنpanna ovet lukkoon(tout) fermer (à clef)לִנעוֹל הַכָּלzatvoritibezármenguncilæsachiudere a chiave戸締まりをする문단속을 하다viską uždarinėtiaizslēgt; noslēgtmengunciafsluitenlåse (av)pozamykać wszystkofechar tudoa încuiaзапереть все двериzamknúť (všetko)zaklenitizatvoritilåsaปิดร้านher tarafı kilitlemek鎖好замикати всеتالہ بندی کرناcất đi锁好