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"Lock" Definition
noun
A device operated by a key, combination, or keycard and used, as on a door, for holding, closing, or securing.
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A length or curl of hair; a tress.
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A mechanism in a firearm for exploding the charge.
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A section of a waterway, such as a canal, closed off with gates, in which vessels in transit are raised or lowered by raising or lowering the water level of that section.
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A secure hold; control: The distributor has a lock on most of the market.
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verb-transitive
Computer Science To end the processing of (a magnetic tape or disk) in such a way as to deny access to its contents.
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Computer Science To protect (a file) from changes or deletion.
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Printing To fasten (a curved plate) to the cylinder of a rotary press.
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Printing To secure (letterpress type) in a chase or press bed by tightening the quoins.
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To aim (a weapon or other device) at a moving target so as to follow it automatically: "The pilot had locked his targeting radar on the slow-moving frigate” ( Ed Magnuson).
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idiom
Lock horns To become embroiled in conflict.
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Lock, stock, and barrel To the greatest or most complete extent; wholly: an estate that was auctioned off lock, stock, and barrel.
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Under lock and key Securely locked up.
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phrasal-verb
Lock out To withhold work from (employees) during a labor dispute.
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verb-intransitive
To become entangled; interlock.
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To become fastened by or as if by means of a lock: The door locks automatically when shut.
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To become rigid or immobile: The mechanism tends to lock in cold weather.
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To pass through a lock or locks in a waterway.
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