• Noun

    a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
    a contrivance for fastening or securing something.
    (in a firearm)
    the mechanism that explodes the charge; gunlock.
    safety ( def. 4 ) .
    any device or part for stopping temporarily the motion of a mechanism.
    an enclosed chamber in a canal, dam, etc., with gates at each end, for raising or lowering vessels from one level to another by admitting or releasing water.
    an air lock or decompression chamber.
    complete and unchallenged control; an unbreakable hold
    The congresswoman has a lock on the senatorial nomination.
    Slang . someone or something certain of success; sure thing
    He's a lock to win the championship.
    Wrestling . any of various holds, esp. a hold secured on the arm, leg, or head
    leg lock.
    Horology . (in an escapement) the overlap between a tooth of an escape wheel and the surface of the pallet locking it.
    Metalworking . a projection or recession in the mating face of a forging die.

    Verb (used with object)

    to fasten or secure (a door, window, building, etc.) by the operation of a lock or locks.
    to shut in a place fastened by a lock or locks, as for security or restraint.
    to make fast or immovable by or as if by a lock
    He locked the steering wheel on his car.
    to make fast or immovable, as by engaging parts
    to lock the wheels of a wagon.
    to join or unite firmly by interlinking or intertwining
    to lock arms.
    to hold fast in an embrace
    She was locked in his arms.
    to move (a ship) by means of a lock or locks, as in a canal (often fol. by through, in, out, down, or up ).
    to furnish with locks, as a canal.

    Verb (used without object)

    to become locked
    This door locks with a key.
    to become fastened, fixed, or interlocked
    gears that lock into place.
    to go or pass by means of a lock or locks, as a vessel.
    to construct locks in waterways. ?

    Verb phrases

    lock in,
    to commit unalterably
    to lock in the nomination of the party's candidates.
    (of an investor) to be unable or unwilling to sell or shift securities.
    lock off, to enclose (a waterway) with a lock.
    lock on, to track or follow a target or object automatically by radar or other electronic means.
    lock out,
    to keep out by or as if by a lock.
    to subject (employees) to a lockout.
    lock up,
    to imprison for a crime.
    Printing . to make (type) immovable in a chase by securing the quoins.
    to fasten or secure with a lock or locks.
    to lock the doors of a house, automobile, etc.
    to fasten or fix firmly, as by engaging parts. ?

    Idioms

    lock horns
    to come into conflict; clash
    to lock horns with a political opponent.
    lock, stock, and barrel, completely; entirely; including every part, item, or facet
    no matter how small or insignificant
    We bought the whole business, lock, stock, and barrel.
    under lock and key
    securely locked up
    The documents were under lock and key.

    Antonyms

    noun
    key

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