Definition of locks Locks
/lɑˈks/ - [laks] -
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What does locks mean?
Wiktionary 
- locks (Noun)
Plural of lock. - locks (Noun)
A piece of hair. - locks (Noun)
Dreadlocks.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
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| lock - a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed | ||
| holdfast, fastener, fastening, fixing restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place | ||
| gate a movable barrier in a fence or wall | ||
| drawer a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out | ||
| door a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle; "he knocked on the door"; "he slammed the door as he left" | ||
| lid a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.; "he raised the piano lid" | ||
| deadbolt, bolt a sudden abandonment (as from a political party) | ||
| combination lock lock that can be opened only by turning dials in a special sequence | ||
| cylinder lock a lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt; tumblers are pins; inserting the key lifts and aligns the pins to free the cylinder to rotate | ||
| doorlock a lock on an exterior door | ||
| keyhole the hole where a key is inserted | ||
| door latch, latch catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove | ||
| lever lock a lock whose tumblers are levers that must be raised to a given position so that the bolt can move | ||
| padlock a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut | ||
| sash fastener, sash lock, window lock a lock attached to the sashes of a double hung window that can fix both in the shut position | ||
| lock - a strand or cluster of hair | ||
| curl, ringlet, whorl | ||
| hair a filamentous projection or process on an organism | ||
| coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle, coif the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | ||
| sausage curl a fat sausage-shaped curl | ||
| forelock a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears | ||
| crimp a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled | ||
| lock - any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured | ||
| wrestling hold a hold used in the sport of wrestling | ||
| hammerlock a wrestling hold in which the opponent's arm is twisted up behind his back | ||
| lock - 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 | ||
| lock chamber | ||
| enclosure the act of enclosing something inside something else | ||
| canal long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation | ||
| lock - a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key | ||
| ignition lock | ||
| constraint, restraint the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others | ||
| lock - a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun | ||
| mechanism the technical aspects of doing something; "a mechanism of social control"; "mechanisms of communication"; "the mechanics of prose style" | ||
Verb |
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| lock - fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence" | ||
| unlock become unlocked; "The door unlocked from the inside" | ||
| unlock become unlocked; "The door unlocked from the inside" | ||
| fasten, secure, fix attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other" | ||
| lock away, shut away, lock in, lock up, shut up, put away, lock place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe" | ||
| lock up secure by locking; "lock up the house before you go on vacation" | ||
| padlock fasten with a padlock | ||
| bolt make or roll into bolts; "bolt fabric" | ||
| lock - pass by means through a lock in a waterway | ||
| go across, go through, pass travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" | ||
| lock - hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck" | ||
| interlock, interlace | ||
| take hold, hold assume control | ||
| lock - build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels | ||
| construct, build, make draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions; "construct an equilateral triangle" | ||
| lock - become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise" | ||
| unlock become unlocked; "The door unlocked from the inside" | ||
| engage get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged" | ||
| lock - hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit" | ||
| sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcome, overwhelm overcome by superior force | ||
| lock - keep engaged; "engaged the gears" | ||
| engage, mesh, operate | ||
| disengage, withdraw become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage" | ||
| displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| switch, flip, throw make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched" | ||
| ride copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" | ||
| lock - become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace" | ||
| interlock | ||
| bosom, hug, embrace, squeeze hide in one's bosom; "She bosomed his letters" | ||
| lock - place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe" | ||
| lock in, lock away, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up | ||
| confine prevent from leaving or from being removed | ||
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Wiktionary
- lock (Noun)
Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination. - lock (Noun)
A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource. - lock (Noun)
A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels. - lock (Noun)
The firing mechanism of a gun. - lock (Noun)
Complete control over a situation. - lock (Noun)
Something sure to be a success. - lock (Noun)
A player in the scrum behind the front row , usually the tallest members of the team. - lock (Noun)
tuft or length of hair. - lock (Verb)
To become fastened in place. - lock (Verb)
To fasten with a lock. - lock (Verb)
To be capable of becoming fastened in place. - lock (Verb)
To intertwine or dovetail. - lock (Verb)
To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- lock (n.)
A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair. - lock (n.)
Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened. - lock (n.)
A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable. - lock (n.)
A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. - lock (n.)
The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal. - lock (n.)
An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; -- called also lift lock. - lock (n.)
That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc. - lock (n.)
A device for keeping a wheel from turning. - lock (n.)
A grapple in wrestling. - lock (v. t.)
To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock; to make fast; to prevent free movement of; as, to lock a door, a carriage wheel, a river, etc. - lock (v. t.)
To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as, to lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. etc. - lock (v. t.)
To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast. - lock (v. t.)
To link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms. - lock (v. t.)
To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock. - lock (v. t.)
To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him. - lock (v. i.)
To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as, the door locks close.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination. -
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A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels. -
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To fasten or secure a door, a window, a building by the operation of a lock or locks. -
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Any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured. -
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A firing mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun. -
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To become rigid or immoveable. -
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To hold in a locking position (e.g. in wrestling). -
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To hold fast (in a certain state, e.g. a fit of laughing).
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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lok, n. a device to fasten doors, &c.: an enclosure in a canal for raising or lowering boats: the part of a firearm by which it is discharged: a grapple in wrestling: a state of being immovable: any narrow, confined place.—v.t. to fasten with a lock: to fasten so as to impede motion: to shut up: to close fast: to embrace closely: to furnish with locks.—v.i. to become fast: to unite closely.—ns. Lock′age, the locks of a canal: the difference in their levels, the materials used for them, and the tolls paid for passing through them; Lock′-chain, a chain for fastening the wheels of a vehicle by tying the rims to some part which does not rotate; Lock′er, any closed place that may be locked; Lock′et, a little ornamental case of gold or silver, usually containing a miniature.—adj. Lock′fast, firmly fastened by locks.—ns. Lock′gate, a gate for opening or closing a lock in a canal or river; Lock′-hos′pital (see Hospital); Lock′house, the lock-keeper's house; Lock′-jaw, Locked′-jaw, a contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is suspended; Lock′-keep′er, one who keeps or attends the locks of a canal; Lock′out, the act of locking out, esp. used of the locking out of a teacher by the pupils or vice versâ, or of the refusal of an employer to admit his workmen within the works as a means of coercion; Locks′man, a turnkey; Lock′smith, a smith who makes and mends locks; Lock′stitch, a stitch formed by the locking of two threads together; Lock′up, a place for locking up or confining persons for a short time.—Not a shot in the locker (naut.), not a penny in the pocket. [A.S. loca, a lock; Ice. loka, a bolt, Ger. loch, a dungeon.] -
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lok, n. a tuft or ringlet of hair: a small quantity, as of hay: (Scots law) a quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant: (Shak.) a love-lock—n. Lock′man, an officer in the Isle of Man who acts as a kind of under-sheriff to the governor. [A.S. locc; Ice. lokkr, Ger. locke, a lock.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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The striking instrument by which fire is produced for the discharge of a gun, containing the cock, the hammer, the pan, &c. It was first introduced in naval ordnance by Sir Charles Douglas, and has now given way to the detonating hammer and friction-tube, as the old match and the salamander did to the lock. -
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A spelling of loch (which see). Also, the general name for any works made to confine or raise the water of a river; a canal inclosed between the sluice-gate above and the flood-gate below. -
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To entangle the lower yards when tacking. -
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An expression derived from fire-arms, and meaning the whole.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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That part of a fire-arm by which fire is produced for the discharge of a piece. The first form of the apparatus was the match-lock, which consisted of a lever holding a lighted match, which by a simple mechanism was brought in contact with the priming. This was superseded by the wheel-lock, invented in Nuremburg, or Italy, according to different authorities, which made its appearance early in the 16th century. This consisted of a wheel wound up against a spring and released by a trigger. In its revolution it evolved sparks by friction against an alloy of iron and antimony, which fell upon and ignited the priming. This was replaced about 1680 by the flint-lock, consisting of a hammer, or cock, holding a flint, which in its descent struck a steel plate. This device gave way in its turn, about 1840, to the percussion-lock, which, in one or another of its many forms, promises to endure indefinitely. The terms matchlock, flintlock, firelock, etc., have also been used to designate the weapon itself. -
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In fencing, to seize, as the sword-arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, in order to disarm him.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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A scheme, a mode. I must fight that lock; I must try that scheme. -
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Character. He stood a queer lock; he bore but an indifferent character. A lock is also a buyer of stolen goods, as well as the receptacle for them.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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You needn't lock the stable door when the steed is stolen.
Wikipedia 
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A lock is a thing that keeps people from opening something, such as a door or a box. People can close the lock on a door to keep people from coming in. This is called "locking" the door.
Types of locks.
A combination lock is a lock that uses a dial (a knob with numbers all around it) to open it. Someone must turn the dial to the right numbers in the right order. This is called the "combination." This lock is used on safes and locks for bicycles.
A key lock is a lock that uses a key (a piece of metal with teeth like a little saw) to open it. Someone must put the key in the lock and turn it to open the lock. This lock is used in doors and locks for boxes.
An electronic lock is a special lock that can only be opened with a message from a computer. This message can be stored in a computer chip on a card (called a "key card" or "security card"). Or it can be made by a computer looking at someone's fingerprint or eye.
