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Lock

noun

1.

A fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed.

2.

A strand or cluster of hair. Synonyms: curl, ringlet, whorl.

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. Synonym: 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. Synonym: ignition lock.

6.

Any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured.

verb

(past & past part. locked; pres. part. locking)

1.

Fasten with a lock.

2.

Keep engaged. Synonyms: engage, mesh, operate.

3.

Become rigid or immoveable.

4.

Hold in a locking position. Synonyms: interlace, interlock.

5.

Become engaged or intermeshed with one another. Synonym: interlock.

6.

Hold fast (in a certain state).

7.

Place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape. Synonyms: lock away, lock in, lock up, put away, shut away, shut up. "She locked her jewels in the safe"

8.

Pass by means through a lock in a waterway.

9.

Build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels.

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"Lock" Quotes from Famous Books

... better! They come this way. Now must I shut myself in my hovel, and lose this fine breeze. Nay, if they be your highbred class of all, they may have impudence enough to walk into my chamber. Francis, I shall lock the door. ...

— The Stranger - A Drama, in Five Acts • August von Kotzebue

... each other, or stood singing about Julia at the piano while she banged away at the crude accompaniments of songs. Miss Pierce or Miss Watts, older women, usually came in for a little while to see what was going on, but again it was Julia alone who must bid the girls good-night and lock and darken the hall. ...

— The Story Of Julia Page - Works of Kathleen Norris, Volume V. • Kathleen Norris

... willed and would leave no trace behind; he knew the secret of the poisoned key that lay always on the pope's mantelpiece, so that when His Holiness wished to destroy some one of his intimates, he bade him open a certain cupboard: on the handle of the key there was a little spike, and as the lock of the cupboard turned stiffly the hand would naturally press, the lock would yield, and nothing would have come of it but a trifling scratch: the scratch was mortal. He knew, too, that Caesar wore a ring made like two lions' ...

— The Borgias - Celebrated Crimes • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... 'ell did it happen? Brit, he oughta know enough to rough-lock down that hill. An' that team ain't a runaway team. I never had no trouble with 'em—they're good at holdin' a load. They'll set down an' slide but what they'll hold 'er. What become ...

— The Quirt • B.M. Bower

... that between boldness and faint-heartedness. A Phliasian named Delphion, a real hero, it would seem, took to himself three hundred Phliasians, and not only succeeded in preventing the peace-party from carrying out their wishes, but was equal to the task of incarcerating and keeping safely under lock and key those whom he mistrusted. Nor did his ability end there. He succeeded in forcing the mob of citizens to perform garrison duty, and by vigorous patrolling kept them constant to the work. Over and over again, accompanied ...

— Hellenica • Xenophon

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