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