Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - lock
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a mechanism for fastening a door, lid, etc., with a bolt that requires a key of a particular shape, or a combination of movements (see combination lock), to work it. 2 a confined section of a canal or river where the level can be changed for raising and lowering boats between adjacent sections by the use of gates and sluices. 3 a the turning of the front wheels of a vehicle to change its direction of motion. b (in full full lock) the maximum extent of this. 4 an interlocked or jammed state. 5 Wrestling a hold that keeps an opponent's limb fixed. 6 (in full lock forward) Rugby Football a player in the second row of a scrum. 7 an appliance to keep a wheel from revolving or slewing. 8 a mechanism for exploding the charge of a gun. 9 = airlock 2. --v. 1 a tr. fasten with a lock. b tr. (foll. by up) shut and secure (esp. a building) by locking. c intr. (of a door, window, box, etc.) have the means of being locked. 2 tr. (foll. by up, in, into) enclose (a person or thing) by locking or as if by locking. 3 tr. (often foll. by up, away) store or allocate inaccessibly (capital locked up in land). 4 tr. (foll. by in) hold fast (in sleep or enchantment etc.). 5 tr. (usu. in passive) (of land, hills, etc.) enclose. 6 tr. & intr. make or become rigidly fixed or immovable. 7 intr. & tr. become or cause to become jammed or caught. 8 tr. (often in passive; foll. by in) entangle in an embrace or struggle. 9 tr. provide (a canal etc.) with locks. 10 tr. (foll. by up, down) convey (a boat) through a lock. 11 intr. go through a lock on a canal etc. Phrases and idioms lock-keeper a keeper of a lock on a river or canal. lock-knit knitted with an interlocking stitch. lock-nut Mech. a nut screwed down on another to keep it tight. lock on to locate or cause to locate by radar etc. and then track. lock out 1 keep (a person) out by locking the door. 2 (of an employer) submit (employees) to a lockout. lock step marching with each person as close as possible to the one in front. lock stitch a stitch made by a sewing-machine by firmly locking together two threads or stitches. lock, stock, and barrel n. the whole of a thing. --adv. completely. under lock and key securely locked up. Derivatives lockable adj. lockless adj. Etymology: OE loc f. Gmc 2. n. 1 a a portion of hair that coils or hangs together. b (in pl.) the hair of the head. 2 a tuft of wool or cotton. Derivatives -locked adj. (in comb.). Etymology: OE locc f. Gmc
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English lok, from Old English locc; akin to Old High German loc ~, Greek lygos withe, Latin luxus dislocated Date: before 12th century 1. a tuft, tress, or ringlet of hair, the hair of the head, a cohering bunch (as of wool, cotton, or flax) ; tuft, dread~ 2, II. noun Etymology: Middle English lok, from Old English loc; akin to Old High German loh enclosure and perhaps to Old English locc ~ of hair Date: before 12th century 1. a fastening (as for a door) operated by a key or a combination, the mechanism for exploding the charge or cartridge of a firearm, 2. an enclosure (as in a canal) with gates at each end used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from level to level, air ~, 3. a ~ing or fastening together, an intricate mass of objects impeding each other (as in a traffic jam), a hold in wrestling secured on one part of the body, one that is assured of success or favorable outcome, III. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to fasten the ~ of, to make fast with or as if with a ~ , 2. to fasten in or out or to make secure or inaccessible by or as if by means of ~s , to fix in a particular situation or method of operation , 3. to make fast, motionless, or inflexible especially by the interlacing or inter~ing of parts , to hold in a close embrace, to grapple in combat, to invest (capital) without assurance of easy convertibility into money, to move or permit to pass (as a ship) by raising or lowering in a ~, intransitive verb 1. to become ~ed, to be capable of being ~ed, interlace, inter~, to go or pass by means of a ~ (as in a canal), ~able adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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