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