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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

... instruments in order and in tune. Charles II. had a good ear. In 1676 Purcell was appointed "copyist" of Westminster Abbey, whatever post that may have been. In 1677 "Henry Purcell" is "appointed composer in ordinary with fee for the violin to his Majesty, in the place of Matthew Lock, deceased." I fancy that his tuition from Dr. Blow must have been mainly in organ-playing, in which art Dr. Blow was an esteemed master. At the same time, we must not forget that we have Purcell's own word for it that Blow was one of the greatest masters of composition ...

— Purcell • John F. Runciman

... Exactly what she herself expected, hoped, or feared, I think it doubtful if she knew. I confess to a condition of simple bewilderment, when she was fairly gone, and Clara and I were left alone with Selphar's ghostly eyes forever on us. One night I had to lock the poor thing into her garret-room before ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 • Various

... sir," answered the boy, trying, as he had read of sailors doing, to pull a lock of his reddish hair, but finding it too short. He had decided to adopt all the sea practices ...

— Bob the Castaway • Frank V. Webster

... A fire-lock aimed at Jerry's head was the only answer made by the pirate chief. Fortunately the bullet merely cut off one of his love-locks, and the junk, already close to the shore, stood on. In another minute she touched the beach, ...

— The Three Admirals • W.H.G. Kingston

... heard on the stairs; her quick ears caught the sound, and she rushed to the door to lock it. But she was too late. ...

— Celibates • George Moore

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