"Lock" is a word in ENGLISH
To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a boat) in
a lock.
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.
A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or
other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.
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.
A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
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.
To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning
the left arm around it, to disarm him.
To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing;
as, the door locks close.
To link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms.
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.
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.
That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is
exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc.
A grapple in wrestling.
A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing
upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or
canal.
A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.
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Read the complete definitionThe act or agreement of assuming or taking upon one’s self; the un* dertaking or adoption of a debt or …
Read the complete definitionA small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the …
Read the complete definitionTo lock, or fasten as with a lock.
Read the complete definitionbilánggò - To imprison, put in prison, jail, gaol, incarcerate, confine, lock up. Bilanggoá ang makáwat. Put the thief in …
Read the complete definitionA long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet …
Read the complete definitionbintul an expression of mild disappointment or disgust. Bin-tul, wà man diay nákù kasirhi ang pultahan, My goodness! I forgot …
Read the complete definitionbinúgway - A tress, tuft, lock, small knot, clump or bunch of flexible things, as hair, thread, strings, etc.; protruding, …
Read the complete definitionThe part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
Read the complete definitionA dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the …
Read the complete definitionbókot - To shut up, imprison, confine, isolate, segregate, lock—up,—in, pen, coop up. Bokóta ang báboy kag patambokón mo. Shut …
Read the complete definitionA sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or …
Read the complete definitionCountry people; deriv-ed from the French bourre, (Lat. floccus.) a lock of wool, because they covered thelr heads with such …
Read the complete definitionTo strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break …
Read the complete definitionForcibly separating, parting, disintegrating, or piercing any solid substance. In the law as to housebreaking and burglary, it means the …
Read the complete definitionThe piece in the interior of a gun lock, which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
Read the complete definitionThe pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
Read the complete definitionA term used vulgarly, and occasionally in judicial proceedings nud law reports, to designate a jail or prison, partic-uarly a …
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