locked

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lock [1] ► NOUN 1) a mechanism for keeping a door or container fastened, typically operated by a key. 2) a similar device used to prevent the operation of a vehicle or other machine. 3) a short section of a canal or river with gates and sluices at each end which can be opened or closed to change the water level, used for raising and lowering boats. 4) the turning of the front wheels of a vehicle to change its direction of motion. 5) (in wrestling and martial arts) a hold that prevents an opponent from moving a limb. 6) (also lock forward) Rugby a player in the second row of a scrum. 7) archaic a mechanism for exploding the charge of a gun.

► VERB 1) fasten or be fastened with a lock. 2) enclose or secure by locking a door. 3) (lock up/away) imprison. 4) make or become rigidly fixed or immovable. 5) (lock in) engage or entangle in: they were locked in a legal battle. 6) (lock on to) locate and then track (a target) by radar or similar means.

● lock horns — Cf. ↑lock horns

● lock, stock, and barrel — Cf. ↑lock, stock, and barrel

DERIVATIVES lockable adjective.

ORIGIN Old English.

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lock [2] ► NOUN 1) a section of a person's hair that coils or hangs in a piece. 2) (locks) chiefly literary a person's hair. 3) a tuft of wool or cotton.

DERIVATIVES locked adjective.

ORIGIN Old English.