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Lock

speaker

Meaning

Noun

●
Something used for
, which can only be
with a key or combination.
●
In Computing:
A
or other
access to a resource.
●
A
of a
or other
by
, used for
and
between levels.
●
In Gun mechanisms:
The
mechanism.
●
Complete control over a situation.
●
Something
to be a success.
●
In Gambling:
Synonym of Dutch book
●
In Rugby:
A
in the
behind the
, usually the
members of the team.
●
A
together or
; a
of one
upon another; a
or immovable.
●
A place
to
, as by a lock.
●
A
for
a
from turning.
●
A
in wrestling.
●
A
or
of
,
, etc.
●
A small
of
etc.
●
In Scottish English & Law:
A
of
, the
of a mill-servant.

Verb

●
To become
in place.
●
To
with a lock.
●
To be
of becoming
in place.
●
To
or dovetail.
●
To
body or a part thereof in place.
●
To
(a
) with locks.
●
To
or lower (a
) in a lock.
●
To
(e.g. the
of an
) by
around it, to
them.
●
In Internet:
To
(a
) so that
cannot make new
in it.
●
In Internet & Wiki:
To
a
from being
by other users.
●
In Rugby:
To
the
of lock.

Name

●
A surname.
●
An
in Knox County and Licking County, Ohio, United States.
●
A
in Elliston
, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia; from the surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary

Origin

lock
English
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locc
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
lucan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym

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