lock
noun
[ lɒk ]
• a mechanism for keeping a door, window, lid, or container fastened, typically operated by a key.
• "the key turned firmly in the lock"
• a short section of a canal or river with gates and sluices at each end which can be opened or closed to change the water level, used for raising and lowering boats.
• "there was a lock every quarter of a mile"
• the turning of the front wheels of a vehicle to change its direction of motion.
• a player in the second row of a scrum.
• a person or thing that is certain to succeed; a certainty.
• "all of this makes him a lock to make the Hall of Fame"
• a mechanism for exploding the charge of a gun.
lock
verb
• fasten or secure (something) with a lock.
• "she closed and locked her desk"
Similar:
bolt,
fasten,
bar,
secure,
make secure,
make fast,
seal,
padlock,
latch,
chain,
• restrict access to the full functionality or data of (a computer, mobile phone, file, etc.), especially by requiring a user to verify their identity with a passcode or other form of authentication.
• "my computer is locked and I've forgotten my login info"
• make or become rigidly fixed or immovable.
• "he locked his hands behind her neck"
Similar:
join,
interlock,
mesh,
engage,
link,
unite,
connect,
combine,
yoke,
mate,
couple,
become stuck,
stick,
jam,
become/make immovable,
become/make rigid,
• go through a lock on a canal.
• "we locked through at Moore Haven"
Origin:
Old English loc, of Germanic origin; related to German Loch ‘hole’.
lock
noun
• a piece of a person's hair that coils or hangs together.
• "she pushed back a lock of hair"
Similar:
tress,
tuft,
curl,
ringlet,
kiss-curl,
lovelock,
forelock,
plait,
hank,
strand,
wisp,
snippet,
Origin:
Old English locc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lok, German Locke, possibly also to lock1.
