Meaning of lock | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
3. A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
4. An unincorporated community in Knox County and Licking County, Ohio, United States.
5. To withhold work from (employees) during a labor dispute.
6. A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
   broadly
7. A small quantity of straw etc.
8. A town in Elliston district council area, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia; from the surname.
9. To become embroiled in conflict.
10. A segment of a canal or other navigable waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
11. A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.
    historical
12. To engage in a long kiss.
13. The firing mechanism.
14. To the greatest or most complete extent; wholly: an estate that was auctioned off lock, stock, and barrel.
15. Complete control over a situation.
16. Securely locked up.
17. Something sure to be a success.
18. to fasten or become fastened with a lock. She locked the drawer; This door doesn't lock. sluit يُقْفِل заключвам (се) trancar zamknout ver-, abschließen låse κλειδώνωcerrar con llave lukustama, lukku minema قفل کردن یا زدن lukita fermer à clef לִנעוֹל ताला लगाना, फस जाना zaključati bezár, kulcsra zár; zár(ódik) mengunci loka, læsa chiudere a chiave* 鍵をかける 자물쇠를 채우다 už(si)rakinti []slēgt; ieslēgt; saslēgt; izlaist caur slūžām (kuģi) mengunci op slot doenlåse zamknąć (się) na klucz كولپ كول،كولپ...
19. Synonym of Dutch book.
20. a small cupboard, especially for sports equipment. bêrekas خِزانَه لِحِفْظ الأمْتِعَه чекмедже armário skříňka der Spind skab ντουλαπάκι cajón con llave kapp کمد؛ قفسه قفل دار kaappi casierארונית लॉकर, सामान सुरक्षित रखने की संदुकची ormarić szekrény lemari kecil skápur (í búningsklefa) armadietto ロッカー 로커, 자물쇠 있는 장 užrakinama spintelė aizslēdzams skapītis lokar kastskap szafka metalowa جعبه،كوچنى المارى armário dulăpior запирающийся шкафчик skrinka omarica s ključem ormarić [kläd]skåp ตู้ eşya...
    especially
21. A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
22. a little ornamental case hung round the neck. a gold locket containing a piece of his hair. hangertjie قِلادَه медалъон medalhão medailón das Medallion medaljon; -medaljon θήκη-μενταγιόν medallón, guardapelo medaljon گردن بند medaljonki médaillonמשכית लॉकेट medaljon medalion, medál bandul nisti (í hálskeðju) medaglione ロケット 로켓(사진 등을 넣어 목걸이에 매다는 것) medalionas medaljons loket medaillonmedaljongmedalion غاړكى،لاكټ medalhão medalion медальон medailón medaljon medaljon medaljong ตลับหรือกล่องเล็กท...
23. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
24. a person who makes and mends locks. slotmaker صانِع الأقْفال шлосер chaveiro zámečník der Schlosser låsesmed κλειδαράςcerrajero lukksepp قفل ساز lukkoseppä serrurier/-ière מַנעוּלָן तालसाज bravar lakatos pandai kunci lásasmiður (fabbro per serrature) 錠前屋 자물쇠 장수 spynų meistras atslēdznieks tukang kunci slotenmakerlåsesmedślusarz كولپ جوړونكى serralheiro lăcătuş слесарь zámočník ključavničar bravar låssmed ช่างทำกุญแจ çilingir, anahtarcı 鎖匠 слюсар قفل ساز مستری người sửa khóa 锁匠
25. A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
26. 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. opsluit يُقْفِل الباب على заключвам trancar zamknout einsperren låse inde κλειδώνω μέσα encerrar luku taha jätma حبس شدن lukita sisään enfermer לִנעוֹל בִּפנִים त��ले के अ���द��� बंद करना zaključati, spriječiti izlaz bezár mencegah keluar læsa inni chiudere in/dentro 閉じこめる 나가지 못하게 잠가버리다 užrakinti ką, uždaryti (viduj) ieslēgt mengurung binnensluiten låse inne zamknąć ...
    etc
27. A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
28. A grapple in wrestling.

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Examples

“"Give me the key," said my mother; and though the lock was very stiff, she had turned it and thrown back the lid in a twinkling.”

“We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time. 'Twas locked, of course, but the Deacon man got a big bunch of keys out of his pocket and commenced to putter with the lock.”

“[T]he application must first acquire a lock on a file or a portion of a file before reading data and modifying it.”

“Here the canal came to a check, ending abruptly with a large lock.”

“"I never saw such a gun in my life," replied poor Winkle, looking at the lock, as if that would do any good.”

“Even though he had not yet done so, Jack felt he had a lock on the game.”

“Brian thinks she's a lock to get a scholarship somewhere.”

“Ashton only had to wait three minutes for his second try, lock Louis Deacon setting it up with a rollocking line-break, before Romania got on the scoreboard courtesy of a penalty from fly-half Marin Danut Dumbrava.”

“[O]n may of his lecture days I have seen all Albemarle Street closed by a "lock" of carriages, filled with women of distinction, until the servants of the Institution or their own footmen advanced to the carriage-doors with the intelligence that Mr. Coleridge had been suddenly taken ill.”

“Sergestus, eager with his beak to press / Betwixt the rival galley and the rock, / Shuts up the unwieldy Centaur in the lock”

“They must be also practis'd in all the Locks and Gripes of Wrestling”

“Baſſ. […]Nor is the wide world ignorant of her worth, For the foure windes blow in from euery coaſt Renowned ſutors, and her ſunny locks Hang on her temples like a golden fleece, Which makes her ſeat of Belmont Cholchos-'| ſtrond, And many Iaſons come in queſt of her.”

“If I consent to burn them, will you promise faithfully neither to send nor receive a letter again, nor a book (for I perceive you have sent him books), nor locks of hair, nor rings, nor playthings?”

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