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lock
has definitions from the fields of sport,arms,zoology
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[ verb ] fasten with a lock
Examples "lock the bike to the fence" Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)When he had stored his stock in the great oak chest , locked the two big hasps and secured the additional chain , tied the fly of the tent , and picked_up the cash box , he moved_up the darkening street . (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)Locked . (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)A guest was locking his room ; they passed behind him and got to Alex 's room unnoticed . |
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[ verb ] keep engaged
Examples "engaged the gears" Used in print (Paul Larson and Gordon Odegard, "How to design your...)These slide into and out of the notches in the tappets as the tappets are moved , locking and unlocking them . By this scheme , pulling one signal to clear locks all the other switch and signal levers in safe positions until the first signal is again restored to normal . A turnout may have two levers , one to actually move the switch points , the other to lock the points . A signal cannot be cleared until all the related turnouts are properly thrown and locked . If the points are n't thrown all_the_way , the turnout cannot be locked , and in_turn , the signal cannot be cleared . |
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[ noun ] a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
Used in print (Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)Now he was certain : the lock had not yielded to Muller 's collection of keys ; fresh scars showed that the door had been prized open . It had been shut again , but the lock was broken ; he noted with a thrill of fear that the door moved under his touch . (Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)There was no lock on the door , only an iron hook which he unfastened . (Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)There was no lock because Herman did n't allow a lock . There was no lock because Herman did n't allow a lock . |
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[ verb ] become rigid or immoveable
Examples "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise" Used in print (Thomas B. Dewey, Hunter at Large....)He rose stiffly , forcing his knees to lock . (Ann Ritner, Seize a Nettle....)The cold settled like a tangible pall over the Mile_High_City , locking it in an icy grip that harshened its outlines and altered its physical appearance ; it had a look of grim stark realism , resembling other cities whose habitual climate was cold , instead of the sprawling bumptious open-handed greedy Western city basking in eternal sunshine at the foot of mountains stored with endless riches and resources . |
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[ verb ] hold in a locking position
Examples : "He locked his hands around her neck" Used in print (Lilian Pompian, "Tooth-Straightening Today"...)But because teeth sometimes may drift back to their original position , a retaining appliance is used to lock them in_place . (Brett Halliday, The Careless Corpse....)Shayne locked his big_hands around Harris ' thin neck and dragged him out over the seat into the roadway . |
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[ verb ] become engaged or intermeshed with one another
Synonyms Examples "They were locked in embrace" Used in print ("Reviews"...)The subject he liked most was the female_body , which he painted in every state - naked , half-dressed , muffled to the ears , sitting primly in a chair , lying tauntingly on a bed or locked in an embrace . (Ernest Becker, Zen: A Rational Critique. New York: W.W....)He regulated the dualities of light and darkness , Yang and Yin , which are locked in eternal struggle . Related terms |
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[ verb ] place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
Examples "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend" "She locked her jewels in the safe" Used in print (Ruth F. Rosevear, "North Country School Cares for...)He locked his equipment in a cabinet where it still remains . |
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[ verb ] hold fast (in a certain state)
Examples "He was locked in a laughing fit" Used in print (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)He might not have gone_that_far if Pa had n't been locked in laughing fit to shake the house . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4930
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[ noun ] 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
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[ verb ] pass by means through a lock in a waterway
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[ verb ] build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
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[ noun ] a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
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[ noun ] (sport) any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
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