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lock::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ignition lock |
| Type of | restraint, constraint |
lock::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | lock chamber |
| Type of | enclosure |
lock::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | fixing, fastening, holdfast, fastener |
| Has types | cylinder lock, lever lock, latch, window lock, combination lock, door latch, doorlock, sash lock, sash fastener, padlock |
lock::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | mechanism |
lock::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | wrestling hold |
| Has types | hammerlock, headlock |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | engage |
The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | pass |
| Derivation | lockage |
Examples of lock
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As a result, Silverlake Elementary School was temporarily placed in a lock down.
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A friend of my roommate, my roommate and I all went out to a lock and key party.
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Like Kennedy and his Catholics, Romney presumably has a lock on the Mormon vote.
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When companies are successful they tend to lock-in on what made them successful.
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A view of flood damaged lock 9 in Rotterdam Junction on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011.
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A young couple kisses next to their personal love lock, locked on some time ago.
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Springbok lock Victor Matfield could return to action against Namibia this week.
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If no one answers, the suspects either force the lock or enter an unlocked door.
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Familiar with Adobe Acrobat and willing to learn proprietary lock desk software.
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- A fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
- Fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence"
- A strand or cluster of hair
- Engage: keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
- A mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
- Become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
- The suffix -lock in Modern English survives only in wedlock. It descends from Old English -lu00E1c which was more productive, carrying a meaning of "action or proceeding, state of being, practice, ritual". As a noun, Old English lu00E1c means "play, sport", deriving from an earlier meaning of "sacrificial ritual or hymn" (Proto-Germanic *laikaz)...
- In computer science, a lock is a synchronization mechanism for enforcing limits on access to a resource in an environment where there are many threads of execution. Locks are one way of enforcing concurrency control policies.
- A lock is used when multiple users need to access a database concurrently. This prevents data from being corrupted or invalidated when multiple users try to write to the database. ...
