Lock (proper noun) /lɒk/
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An unincorporated community in Knox County and Licking County, Ohio, United States.
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A town in Elliston district council area, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia; from the surname.
lock (noun) /lɒk/
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Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
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(computing, by extension) A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
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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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(firearms) The firing mechanism.
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Complete control over a situation.
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Something sure to be a success.
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(gambling) Synonym of Dutch book
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(rugby) A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
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A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
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A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
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A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
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A grapple in wrestling.
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A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
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A small quantity of straw etc.
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(Scotland, law, historical) A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.
lock (verb) /lɒk/
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(intransitive) To become fastened in place.
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(transitive) To fasten with a lock.
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(intransitive) To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
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(transitive) To intertwine or dovetail.
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(intransitive, break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
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To furnish (a canal) with locks.
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To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
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To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them.
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(Internet, transitive) To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
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(Internet, transitive, Wikimedia jargon) To prevent a page from being edited by other users.
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(intransitive, rugby) To play in the position of lock.