Lock

Noun

 * 1) Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
 * 2)  A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
 * 3) A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
 * 4) The firing mechanism of a gun.
 * 5) Complete control over a situation.
 * 6) Something sure to be a success.
 * 7)  A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
 * 8) tuft or length of hair

Verb

 * 1)  To become fastened in place.
 * 2)  To fasten with a lock.
 * 3)  To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
 * 4)  To intertwine or dovetail.
 * 5)  To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.

Adjectives for Lock

 * (hair) unkempt; curling; raven; clustering; flowing; luxuriant; thin; dangling; straggling; —whitened; crisped; snaky; golden; recalcitrant; massy  obstinate; bushy; truant; glossy; sunny intertwining; straying; shining; tumbled dense; shaggy; well-groomed; shorn; stiff; flat; dripping; hoary; clustering; sparse; unruly; fearful; floating; silken; careless; scanty; disheveled; plaited.
 * (mechanical) shattering; languid; crude; mitered; profuse; keyhole; intricate; burglar-proof; verbs adjust—; design—; force—; jimmy—; pick—; set—; tamper with—; test—; unbar— withdraw—; —clasps; —clicks; —embraces—repulses; —resists; —responds; —seals—secures.

Adverbs for Lock
discreetly; cautiously; prudently; mechanicolly; automatically; modestly; suspiciously; covetously; staunchly.

Thesaurus
hitch, hold, hold together, hook, implant, impound, imprison, incarcerate, interlock, intersect, jam, jibe, join, joint, keep out, keep track of, key, latch, lock gate, lock in, lock out, lock up, match, miter, mortise, nail, oblige, obstruct, occlude, overlap, pack, padlock, parallel, peg, penstock, pin, plant, plumb, ponytail, power, pursue, quarter nelson, rabbet, register, register with, respond to, restrain, restrict, retain, ringlet, rivet, scarf, scissors, screw, seal, seal off, seal up, secure, sew, shut, shut off, shut out, shut the door, shut tight, shut up, sing in chorus, skewer, slam, sluice, sluice gate, snap, sort with, square, square with, squeeze, squeeze shut, stabilize, stand, stand together, standstill, staple, stick, stifle, stillstand, stitch, stop, stop up, strangle, stranglehold, strangulate, subsidence, suffocate, supervision, sway, tack, tally, tide gate, toehold, toggle, track, tress, wane, waning, water gate, wedge, weir, zip up, zipper, aboideau, accord, agree, air lock, answer to, articulate, assent, assort with, authority, bang, bar, barricade, barrier, batten, batten down, be consistent, be of one, be uniform with, bear hug, bind, block, block up, blockade, bolt, buckle, butt, button, button up, cage, catch, cessation, check, chime, chock, choke, choke off, clap, clasp, cleat, clip, close, close off, close out, close tight, close up, clutch, cohere, coincide, command, commit, concur, confine, conform, conform with, consist with, constrain, constrict, contain, contract, control, coop up, cooperate, correspond, cover, crimp, crowd, curl, dead set, dead stand, dead stop, deadlock, debar, detain, dock gate, dog, dovetail, dying down, ebb, ebbing, engage, entangle, entwine, exclude, fall in together, fasten, fit together, fix, fix on, fix upon, flood-hatch, floodgate, fold, fold up, follow, frizz, frizzle, full nelson, full stop, gate, go together, go with, grapple, grasp, half nelson, halt, hang together, harmonize, hasp, head gate, hinge, hit,

Etymology 1
loc:, from

Etymology 2
locc:. Cognate with lokkr: ( >  lok:),  Locke:. It has been theorised that the word may be related to the verb 𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽: in its ancient meaning to curb.

Etymology 3
lucan:

Derived terms

 * daglock
 * elflock
 * sidelock

Derived terms

 * alcolock
 * ankle lock
 * anti-lock
 * caps lock
 * flash lock
 * flat lock
 * flintlock
 * genlock
 * gridlock


 * leglock
 * liplock
 * lockfast
 * lock time
 * lock, stock and barrel
 * lockbox
 * lockmaster
 * locknote
 * locksmithing
 * lockstep


 * matchlock
 * num lock
 * overlock
 * padlock
 * picklock
 * scroll lock
 * staircase lock
 * tide lock
 * time lock

Derived terms

 * lock and load
 * lock horns
 * lock in
 * lock lips
 * lock on


 * lock out
 * lock up
 * lockable
 * relock
 * unlockable

Antonyms

 * unlock

Noun

 * Arabic:
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian: ключалка
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese: 鎻 (suǒ)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: κλειδαριά
 * Gujarati: તાળું
 * Hindi: (tālā)
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: (jō), ロック


 * Korean:
 * Latvian: atslēga
 * Macedonian:
 * Marathi:
 * Persian: (qofl)
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, запор,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: తాళము (tALamu)
 * Urdu:


 * Catalan: resclosa
 * Czech: zdymadlo, plavební komora
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: sluss
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: sluss


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
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 * Portuguese:
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Noun

 * Czech: lokna
 * Danish:
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 * Italian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: zdúvadlo, plavebná komora
 * Spanish:, , rulo
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: cudyn

Verb

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:


 * Italian: ,
 * Swedish: låsa sig, fastna
 * Swedish: låsa sig, fastna


 * Czech:
 * Dutch: afsluiten, op slot doen
 * Finnish:
 * French: fermer, barrer
 * German:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Italian:, ,


 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: cerrar con llave, acerrojar, candar
 * Swedish:
 * Yiddish: שליסן

Anagrams

 * KLOC

Noun

 * 1) a lock of hair
 * 2) a cover, a lid
 * 3) popping (as when ears pop)
 * Få lock för örat.
 * Be deafened.
 * 1) a (thin) board that covers the gap between panel boards
 * 2) call, lure (uninflected, from the verb locka)
 * med lock och pock

Related terms

 * grytlock
 * hårlock

Derived terms

 * Få lock för örat: be deafened. When you have bad hearing from the change in air pressure due to an air plane flight. So it’s sort of like having a casserole cover in your ear