lock
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[edit] Etymology 1
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lock (plural locks)
- Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- "Give me the key," said my mother; and though the lock was very stiff, she had turned it and thrown back the lid in a twinkling.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
- The firing mechanism of a gun.
- (rugby) A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
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something used for fastening
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segment of a canal
firing mechanism of a gun
[edit] Etymology 2
Old English locc. Cognate with Old Norse lokkr ( > Danish lok), German Locke. It has been theorised that the word may be related to the Gothic verb 𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 (lukan), “‘to shut’”) in its ancient meaning to curb.
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lock (plural locks)
- tuft or length of hair
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length of hair
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to lock (third-person singular simple present locks, present participle locking, simple past and past participle locked)
- (intransitive) To become fastened in place
- If you put the brakes on too hard, the wheels will lock.
- (intransitive) (break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place
- a pop and lock routine
- (transitive) To fasten with a lock.
- Remember to lock the door when you leave.
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to become fastened in place
to fasten with lock
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- 1-5.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese. Maria Cristina Bareggi, ed. Turin: Paravia, 2003 (in collaboration with Oxford University Press). ISBN 8839551107.
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lock c.
| Inflection for lock | Singular | Plural | ||
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| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | lock | locken | lockar | lockarna |
| Genitive | locks | lockens | lockars | lockarnas |
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- Få lock för örat: be deafened. When you have bad hearing from the change in air pressure due to an air plane flight. So it’s sort of like having a casserole cover in your ear [2]
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