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Definition: Lock |
LockNoun1. A fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed. 2. A strand or cluster of hair. 3. A mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun. 4. Enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it. 5. A restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key. 6. Any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured. Verb1. Fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence". 2. Keep engaged; "engaged the gears". 3. Become rigid or immoveable; of bones; "Don't lock your knees in this exercise". 4. Hold in a locking position: "He locked his hands around her neck". 5. Become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace". 6. Hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit". 7. Place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe". 8. Pass by means through a lock in a waterway. 9. Build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lock" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Satire | LOCK-:AND:-:KEY:, n. The distinguishing device of civilization and enlightenment. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Bible | Lock The Hebrews usually secured their doors by bars of wood or iron (Isa. 45:2; 1 Kings 4:3). These were the locks originally used, and were opened and shut by large keys applied through an opening in the outside (Judg. 3:24). (See KEY.) Lock of hair (Judg. 16:13, 19; Ezek. 8:3; Num. 6:5, etc.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Biology & Biotechnology | The ovary. . . is composed of four or five parts called -- or locules; within each lock there are seven to nine seeds. Source: European Union. (references) |
Computing | A mechanism for controlling multiple accesses to a common device such as a bus or memory. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a lock, denotes bewilderment. If the lock works at your command, or efforts, you will discover that some person is working you injury. If you are in love, you will find means to aid you in overcoming a rival; you will also make a prosperous journey. If the lock resists your efforts, you will be derided and scorned in love and perilous voyages will bring to you no benefit. To put a lock upon your fiance'e's neck and arm, foretells that you are distrustful of her fidelity, but future episodes will disabuse your mind of doubt. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Electrical Engineering | To control the frequency of an oscillating circuit by means of an applied signal of constant frequency. Source: European Union. (references) |
Language | To make fast or rigid by the engaging of parts or the action of a restraint esp. friction. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | An auxiliary nut used in conjunction with another nut in order to prevent the latter from working loose under vibration. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | Step in a die outside the impression which balances the forces tending to strike the dies offset during production. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | LOCK. A scheme, a mode. I must fight that lock; I must try that scheme. LOCK. Character. He stood a queer lock; he bore but an indifferent character. A lock is also a buyer of stolen goods, as well as the receptacle for them. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Transportation | A channel having watertight gates at both ends built for the purpose of raising or lowering the water level to allow vessels to pass the obstruction. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Canal locks are devices on canals that allow changes in water-level such that a water-way can negotiate a hill without recourse to a lengthy detour. In more extreme circumstances, a tunnel, aqueduct, or elevator may be employed.
A canal lock traditionally consists of two pairs of oak or elm gates placed one after the other along a navigable channel of water. The system operates in much the same way as an air lock but acts between two levels of water as opposed to two levels of air pressure.
The following diagram gives a plan and side view of an empty (generic) canal lock:
A boat wishing to follow the canal down-hill, approaches the lock on a higher level of water to that which it will leave on. The water level within the lock - that is to say between the two pairs of gates - will be at one of these two levels. Presuming the lock is empty (- at the same level as the lower stretch of canal), the lock will need to be filled before the boat can enter it. This is generally achieved by opening a pair of ground paddles: sluices built into the canal bank, which when opened allow water to pass through culverts and into the lock. Some locks will not have ground paddles and, in such cases, paddles on the top gates are used.
Once the lock is full, the top gates are opened, and the boat enters the lock. The gates and paddles are then closed again, and the paddles on the bottom gates are opened, letting the water drain from the lock to the lower water-level. The bottom gates are then opened, and the boat continues on its way.
The two halves of a lock gate meet at a chevron which points against the flow of the water. This prevents the lock gates from bursting open from the differences in pressure between an empty lock and the full force of canal above it. It also has the effect of sealing the lock whenever the water levels at each side of the gate are different.
Some locks are manned by lock keepers and many locks are now self-operating, but most have to be worked by hand, by pushing against an overhanging part of the gate called the balance beam. Paddles are operated using a detachable handle device called a windlass, though many paddles now have their handles ready-attached. On some very large canals such as ship canals the locks gates and machinery are too large to be hand operated, and are operated by large scale hydraulic or electrical equipment.
Operating locks can be tricky, and hard work. Gongoozlers are people who take entertainment from observing the fruitless endeavours of hapless narrow-boat crews struggling with locks.
Also when a very steep gradient has to be climbed, what is known as a lock staircase is often used. A lock staircase is a group of locks which connect directly into each other without any intermediate pound. Many bargees consider lock staircases the stuff of nightmares. One example of a lock staircase is at Foxton Locks in England.
The worlds largest canal lock is the "Berendrecht lock" and can be found in Antwerp Belgium. The lock is 500 metres (1,640 feet) long, and 68 metres (223 feet) wide, and has four sliding lock gates.
History and Development
In ancient times river transport was common, but rivers were often too shallow to carry anything but the smallest boats. Ancient people discovered that rivers could be made to carry larger boats by making dams to raise the water level. The water behind the dam deepened until it spilled over the top creating a weir. The water was then deep enough to carry larger boats. This dam building was repeated along the river, until there were "steps" of deep water.
This however created the problem of how to get the boats between these "steps" of water. An early and crude way of doing this was by means of a Flash lock a flash lock consisted essentialy of a small gap in the dam holding up the water, which could be quickly opened and closed.
When the gap was opened, a torrent of water would spill out, and the boat would be hauled through the opening against the water current with ropes, and when the boat was through, the opening would be quickly closed again.
This system was used extensively in Ancient China and in many other parts of the world. But this method was however highly dangerous, and risky, and many boats were deluged by the torrent of water.
The type of lock seen today is known as a Pound lock as described earlier in this article, which work by raising or lowering the water level within a double gated pound. It is believed that this type of lock originated in Medieval Europe.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Canal lock."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The locking of a central processing unit (CPU) means it has a fixed, preset clock multiplier. CPUs generally are either sold unlocked, locked (but unlockable with some difficulity), or unlockable to the point where not a single individual has ever been known to unlock one before.AMD's CPU locking practices usually entail the release of unlocked CPUs for early sales of a new model, then the locking of all CPUs of that model thereafter. AMD CPUs are generally unlockable. However, CPUs from Intel for example are released locked, and are completely unable to be unlocked. This has the benefit of preventing fraud in that a CPU can not be passed off as being a faster model than it actually is, but it places limits on what speed a consumer chooses to run their CPU at.
The practice of unlocking CPUs requires some skill. It is done for one of three reasons:
Unlocking a CPU has its pitfalls: it will invalidate the manufacturer's warranty, and a mistake in the unlocking process can potentially destory the CPU's ability to function properly. Usually an unlocked state is realised by connecting jumper-like points (referred to as bridges) on the CPU's surface together with a conductive material, such as pencil lead or special paint. Different CPU models require different procedures to be unlocked; usually the serial number marked on a unit belies what model it is and thus (with some research) what is required to perform the procedure.
- to allow a CPU to be underclocked
- to allow a CPU to be overclocked
- to allow the CPU to run at its correct MHz speed with a slower or faster front side bus than its preset clock-multiplier was set with in mind.
For example, some individuals have unlocked Athlon XP CPUs for the purposes of manually setting a higher multiplier so the CPU will work at the correct speed with an older (and therefore slower) motherboard.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "CPU locking."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The word lock has several meanings:
This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page.
- A mechanical fastening device which may be used on a door, vehicle, or container. Commonly, it can be released by using a key or combination. See locksmithing.
- Any means of holding a setting or state, such as caps lock, satellite lock.
- An enclosure in a canal used to raise or lower the water level for ships passing through: see canal lock.
- A wrestling hold, such as a head lock.
- A tuft or small bundle of hair.
- In computer science, a bookkeeping object associated with a piece of data used to serialize concurrent access. See lock (computer science).
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lock."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In computer science, a lock is a mechanism for enforcing limits on access to a resource in an environment where there are many threads of execution. Locks are one way of enforcing concurrency control policies.Generally, locks are advisory locks, where each thread cooperates by acquiring the lock before accessing the corresponding data. Some systems also implement mandatory locks, where attempting unauthorized access to a locked resource will force an exception in the entity attempting to make the access.
A semaphore is the simplest type of lock. No distinction is made between shared (read only) or exclusive (read and write) modes. Other schemes provide for a shared mode, where several threads can acquire a shared lock for read-only access to the data. Other modes such as shared, exclusive, intend-to-exclude and intend-to-upgrade are also widely implemented.
Independent of the type of lock chosen above, locks can be classified by what happens when the lock strategy prevents progress of a thread. Most locking designs block the execution of the process requesting the lock until it is allowed to access the locked resource. A spinlock is a lock where the thread simply waits ("spins") until the lock becomes available. It is very efficient if threads are only likely be blocked for a short period of time, as it avoids the overhead of operating system process re-scheduling. It is wasteful if the lock is held for a long period of time.
Locks require hardware support for safe implementation. This is usually provided by an "atomic" "test-and-set" or "compare-and-swap" instruction. Some uniprocessor architectures have in the past used uninterruptable sequences of instructions, using special instructions or instruction prefixes. However, this does not scale to multiprocessor environments. Proper support for locks in a multiprocessor environment can require quite complex hardware and/or software support, with substantial synchronization issues.
Careless use of locks can result in deadlock, where multiple processes are unable to proceed. A number of strategies can be used to avoid deadlock, both at design time and at run-time.
See also:
- ACID properties
- semaphore
- latch
- monitor
- mutex
- critical section
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lock (computer science)."
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Locksmithing is the science and art of making and defeating locks. A lock is a mechanism that secures buildings, rooms, cabinets, or other storage facilities from theft by burglars. A key is usually used to open a lock. It is often said that "a lock keeps honest people honest."Practitioners are called locksmiths. Locksmithing is one of the earliest forms of security engineering. Lock-picking was one of the first methods of cracking security systems.
The issue of full disclosure was first raised in the context of locksmithing.
Topics in locksmithing
- Mortice lock
- Warded lock
- Cylinder lock
- Combination lock
- Lock-picking
- Lock-bypassing
- Pin tumbler lock
- Tubular pin tumbler lock
- Disc tumbler lock
External links
- The alt.locksmithing FAQ
- MIT guide to lock-picking by 'Ted the Tool'
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Locksmithing."
Synonyms: LockSynonyms: curl (n), ignition lock (n), lock chamber (n), ringlet (n), whorl (n), engage (v), interlace (v), interlock (v), lock away (v), lock in (v), lock up (v), mesh (v), operate (v), put away (v), shut away (v), shut up (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: lock-in (mechanical engineering, transportation). |
| Antonyms: disengage (v), unlock (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Conduit | Noun: conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito, aboideau, aboiteau, bito; acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre; arroyo; adit, aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile; flume, ingate, runner; lock-weir, tedge; vena; dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon; piscina; pipe. (tube); funnel; tunnel. (passage); water pipe, waste pipe; emunctory, gully hole, artery, aorta, pore, spout, scupper; adjutage, ajutage; hose; gargoyle; gurgoyle; penstock, weir; flood gate, water gate; sluice, lock, valve; rose; waterworks. |
Connection | Pin, corking pin, nail, brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated fastener; clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp; cramp, cramp iron; ratchet, detent, larigo, pawl; terret, treenail, screw, button, buckle; clasp, hasp, hinge, hank, catch, latch, bolt, latchet, tag; tooth; hook, hook and eye; lock, holdfast, padlock, rivet; anchor, grappling iron, trennel, stake, post. |
Hindrance | Obstruct, stop, stay, bar, bolt, lock; block, block up; choke off; belay, barricade; block the way, bar the way, stop the way; forelay; dam up; (close); put on the brake; Noun: scotch the wheel, lock the wheel, put a spoke in the wheel; put a stop to; traverse, contravene; interrupt, intercept; oppose; hedge in, hedge round; cut off; inerclude. |
Junction | Attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast; Adjective: tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain; fetter; (restrain); lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket; marry; (wed); bridge over, span. |
Prison | Bolt, deadbolt, bar, lock, police lock, combination lock, padlock, rail, wall, stone wall; paling, palisade; fence, picket fence, barbed wire fence, Cyclone fence, stockade fence, chain-link fence; barrier, barricade. |
Roughness | Brush, hair, beard, shag, mane, whisker, moustache, imperial, tress, lock, curl, ringlet; fimbriae, pili, cilia, villi; lovelock; beaucatcher; curl paper; goatee; papillote, scalp lock. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Lock |
| English words defined with "lock": Canal lock, Clasp lock, Combination lock, cylinder lock ♦ Detector lock, Dial lock ♦ Jail lock ♦ Letter lock, lever lock, Lift lock, Lock bay, lock chamber, Lock rail ♦ Mortise lock ♦ Percussion lock, Permutation lock, Pin lock ♦ Reversible lock ♦ sash lock, Seal lock, Snap lock, Stock lock ♦ Tide lock, Time lock, To lock into ♦ Wheel lock, window lock. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "lock": Dead Lock ♦ fuse lock ♦ LOCK ASSEMBLER, lock expert, LOCK HOSPITAL, LOCK OPERATOR, lock paddle, lock proving, lock sill, LOCK TENDER II, LOCK TENDER, CHIEF OPERATOR, Lock the Stable Door, Lock, Stock, and Barrel ♦ materials lock ♦ Stock, Lock, and Barrel ♦ up-and-down lock. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "lock": Uplock. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Lock" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Manx (lock, sluice), Swedish (cap, cover, curl, lid, lock of hair, tendril, top). |
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Screenplays | And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) We had a reactor leak here now. Give us a minute to lock it down (Star Wars; writing credit: George Lucas) Can we lock up and get drunk now (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) In which case, you're going to have to lock up the store tonight (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith) Ladies, lock up your sons (Tank Girl; writing credit: Alan Martin; Jamie Hewlett) | |
Lyrics | I got the VIP on lock down (I Do (Wanna Get Close To You); performing artist: 3LW) Lock me away inside of your love and throw away the key. (Love in the First Degree; performing artist: Alabama; writing credit: Jim Hurt and Tim DuBois) Didn't you feel me lock my arms around you (Losing Grip; performing artist: AVRIL LAVIGNE) In and out of lock down I ain't got a job now, (What Would You Do; performing artist: City High) Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy (LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival) | |
Clever | Prayers should be the key to the day and the lock of night. (references; author: English Proverb) Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them? (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969) Time Lock (1957) Lock Up Your Daughters (1951) The Door That Has No Lock (1921) Time Lock No. 776 (1915) | |
Song Titles | Let's Lock The Door (performing artist: Jay and The Americans) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Plate 79. The Corsair. Sebastichthys rosaceus (Grd.), Lock. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | Plate 80. The Orange Rockfish. Sebastichthys pinniger (Gill), Lock. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
 | Mar. Resources Lab entry lock is an acryllic sphere. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | In the AQUARIUS main lock looking aft towards the entry lock. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | A variety of types of equipment and fittings including the lock sounder of the HIRONDELLE, figures 1 and 2; metallic fish trap with electric lamp devised by Dr. Regnard, figure 3; spherical floats used for studies of the Gulf Stream, figures 6 and 7; and detail of a robinette for use with the sounding system, figure 8. Plate II, left side. "Results of the Scient. Campaign..." Vol. 84. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Lock sounder of the HIRONDELLE. Figure 1 is a view as it makes contact with the bottom. Figure 2 shows the sounding tube sampler returning to the surface after jettisoning its weights. Plate II, left side. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 84. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Staff Sgt. Jeremy Lock, 1st Combat Camera Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., and Senior Airman Efrain Lopez, 4th Combat Camera Squadron, March AFB, Calif., walk off the flight line after a day of photogrpahing the Keen Sword 03 exercise in Tsuki. |  | Scene in the Supply Officer's stateroom, 18 January 1938. The officer writing at the desk may be Lieutenant Commander Matthew T. Betton, USN(SC), who was Brooklyn's Supply Officer at the time. Note safe, with combination lock, installed as part of the desk; fan, electric heater, officer's sword and .45 caliber M1911 pistol on the bulkhead above the sofa. Credit: NAVY. |
 | In the Pedro Miguel Lock, Panama Canal, 13 September 1920. Credit: NAVY. |  | A lock of black curly hair tied with blue ribbon. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Shed lock" by Corinne Vooys Commentary: "This was the old lock to the bike shed at my parents place." | "Master lock" by Braden Hays Commentary: "Black and white photo of a master lock combination lock." |
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 | Clink; jail; prison; behind bars; locked up; lock up; lock down; incarceration; incarcerated; Bastille; big cage; big house; big school; black hole; booby hatch; brig; bull pen; caboose; cage; calaboose; can; cell; cooler; coop; county hotel; death house. | | Safety; security; electronics; automobile; car; lock; alarm; key; key chain; beep beep; secure; securing; locking. |
| Lock; bolt; latch; secure; key; going out. | ||
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English Proverb | Prayers should be the key to the day and the lock of night. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Not a door in the house had a lock. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | A decollated precursor trying to pick the lock. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I had no lock nor bolt but for the desk which held my papers, not even a nail to put over my latch or windows |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Antibodies are molecules or small substances tailor-made by the immune system to lock onto and destroy specific microbial invaders. (references) | |
Some patients first see the effects of the disease on a hand or arm as they experience difficulty with simple tasks requiring manual dexterity such as buttoning a shirt, writing, or turning a key in a lock. Other patients notice speech problems. (references) | ||
For instance, they assist other cells to make antibodies, proteins programmed to match one specific antigen much as a key matches a lock. Antibodies typically interact with circulating antigens, such as bacteria, but are unable to penetrate living cells. (references) | ||
Business | Overall though, the lock sector (apart from deadlocks) is a mature market with comparatively few opportunities. (references) | |
The last major, independent, British lock manufacturer, CE Marshall (Wolverhampton) Ltd. was recently sold to a Swedish group. (references) | ||
WAP technology is spreading, but there are some issues that must be resolved, such as the lock that some companies have placed on the availability of web portals. (references) | ||
Economic History | Oman | Nonetheless, its economy moves in lock step with oil price fluctuations, which increased GDP in 2000 by 27.7 percent. (references) |
South Africa | It enshrines both the right of workers to strike and also the right of management to lock out workers and hire replacement labor during a strike. (references) | |
Human Rights | Guatemala | On June 17, 78 prisoners escaped from the maximum-security facility in Escuintla without having to break a single lock. (references) |
Political Economy | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | It also provides for private sector employers to lock out workers. (references) |
GREECE | Employers are not permitted to lock out workers, or to replace striking workers (public sector employees under civil mobilization may be replaced on a temporary basis). (references) | |
Travel | Ghana | Do not leave valuables in your car, and be sure to lock your car at all times. (references) |
Worker Rights | Ethiopia | These apply equally to an employer's right to lock out workers. (references) |
Burundi | The restrictions on the right to strike and to lock out include: All other peaceful means of resolution must be exhausted prior to the strike action; negotiations must continue during the action, mediated by a mutually agreed upon party or by the Government; and 6 days' notice must be given. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RELIQUARY, n. A receptacle for such sacred objects as pieces of the true cross, short-ribs of the saints, the ears of Balaam's ass, the lung of the cock that called Peter to repentance and so forth. Reliquaries are commonly of metal, and provided with a lock to prevent the contents from coming out and performing miracles at unseasonable times. A feather from the wing of the Angel of the Annunciation once escaped during a sermon in Saint Peter's and so tickled the noses of the congregation that they woke and sneezed with great vehemence three times each. It is related in the "Gesta Sanctorum" that a sacristan in the Canterbury cathedral surprised the head of Saint Dennis in the library. Reprimanded by its stern custodian, it explained that it was seeking a body of doctrine. This unseemly levity so raged the diocesan that the offender was publicly anathematized, thrown into the Stour and replaced by another head of Saint Dennis, brought from Rome. |
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Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | The great abundance of running water which this situation possesses, at heights far above the level of the tide, if employed as is practiced for lock navigation, furnishes the means for raising and laying up our vessels on a dry and sheltered bed. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | My Administration also supports the completion of the Upper Mississippi River Master Plan to determine the feasibility of constructing a second lock at Alton, Illinois. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Once we've made the hard choices, we should lock in our gains with a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. |
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| "Lock" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 64.29% of the time. "Lock" is used about 2,280 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 64.29% | 1,465 | 5,535 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 18.93% | 432 | 13,298 |
| Noun (proper) | 12.49% | 285 | 17,262 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.29% | 98 | 33,072 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,280 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "lock" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Lock | Last name | 2,000 | 4,930 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "lock". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Ziz | N/A | Biblical | A lock of hair |
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Expressions using "lock": Air lock ♦ breech lock ♦ canal lock ♦ Cannon lock ♦ caps lock ♦ chair lock ♦ check lock ♦ Clasp lock ♦ combination lock ♦ control lock ♦ cylinder lock ♦ dead lock ♦ delay lock loop ♦ Detector lock ♦ Dial lock ♦ door lock ♦ double lock ♦ down lock ♦ entries lock ♦ get in a lock ♦ Guard lock ♦ gust lock ♦ Hammer lock ♦ Hip lock ♦ Hoop lock ♦ ignition lock ♦ Jail lock ♦ keep under lock and key ♦ keyed alike lock ♦ landing gear retraction lock ♦ Letter lock ♦ lever lock ♦ Lift lock ♦ lock away ♦ Lock bay ♦ lock chamber ♦ lock fast ♦ lock gate ♦ Lock Haven ♦ lock hospital ♦ lock in ♦ Lock nut ♦ lock of hair ♦ lock on ♦ lock oneself ♦ lock onto ♦ lock out ♦ Lock plate ♦ lock proving ♦ Lock rail ♦ Lock rand ♦ lock seam ♦ lock seaming ♦ lock shut ♦ lock smth. away ♦ Lock Springs ♦ Lock step ♦ Lock stitch ♦ lock stock and barrel ♦ lock the barn door after the horse is stolen ♦ lock the stable door when the horse is stolen ♦ lock together ♦ lock up ♦ lock up stock and barrel ♦ lock up/to ♦ lock washer ♦ manometric lock ♦ mortice lock ♦ mortise lock ♦ nut lock ♦ pass through a lock ♦ percussion lock ♦ permutation lock ♦ pick a lock ♦ pin lock ♦ pressure lock ♦ puzzle lock ♦ rebounding lock ♦ retainer lock ♦ reversible lock ♦ rim lock ♦ safety lock ♦ sash lock ♦ scalp lock ♦ scandinavian lock ♦ seal lock ♦ snap lock ♦ somebody has tamperedwith the lock ♦ spring lock ♦ steering lock ♦ steering wheel lock ♦ stock lock ♦ Tail of a lock ♦ the lock doesn't catch ♦ Tide lock ♦ Time lock ♦ To lock into ♦ tongue of a lock ♦ under lock and key ♦ vacuum lock ♦ vapor lock. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "lock": lock-bolt, lock-chamber, Lock-down, lock-forward, lock-gate, lock-gates, lock-hospital, lock-house, lock-in, lock-ins, lock-jaw, lock-jawed, lock-jaws, lock-keeper, lock-keepers, lock-knit, lock-making, lock-manufacturer, lock-nut, Lock-obers, lock-off, lock-on, lock-out, lock-outs, lock-picker, lock-pickers, lock-picking, lock-set, lock-sets, lock-shop, lock-stitch, lock-swivel, lock-together, lock-to-lock, lock-turn, lock-turned-flanker, lock-up, lock-up option, lock-ups, lock-up-your-daughters, Lock-weir. | |
Ending with "lock": air-lock, anti-lock, time-lock, wheel-lock. | |
Containing "lock": anti-lock braking system, Camden-lock-shirted, height-lock mode, one-lock circuit. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
lock of love | 1,976 | electronic lock | 138 |
lock | 1,704 | weiser lock | 132 |
lock pick | 1,055 | combination lock | 130 |
lock picking | 702 | soo lock | 129 |
door lock | 621 | lock jaw | 126 |
folder lock | 567 | yale lock | 123 |
master lock | 537 | lock stock two smoking barrels | 121 |
gun lock | 506 | window lock | 117 |
ez lock | 371 | best lock | 116 |
ez latch lock set | 350 | lock haven express | 108 |
lock haven university | 239 | pop lock | 107 |
auto lock | 226 | dred lock | 103 |
lock box | 208 | lock and key | 101 |
windsor lock ct | 197 | kryptonite lock | 98 |
schlage lock | 190 | lock vapor | 88 |
baldwin lock | 186 | lock pick set | 85 |
file lock | 148 | bike lock | 84 |
wheel lock | 147 | security lock | 82 |
lock haven pa | 146 | associate lock | 81 |
computer lock | 140 | cam lock | 81 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "lock"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | afsluit (accomodate, bar, end, fence, fence off, finish, obstruct, strike, strike a balance, terminate). (various references) | |
Albanian | kaçurrel (crimpy, crisp, curl, curly, down, frizzly, frizzy, ringlet, ringleted, ringlety, tress), bllokohet, bllokoj (block, blockade, clog, close up, freeze, immobilize, jam, lay up, obstruct, occlude, stop, tie up), bllokues timoni, bravë (fastening, hasp), bravë dere, bukël (coil of hair, Crimp, curl, weasel, wisp), çark pushke, ekluzë (floodgates, lock-chamber), torkë leshi, krelë, kyç (gateway, joint, key, natural), mbyll me çelës, mbyllem (cicatrize, close, close up, shut), ngec anija, portë (door, entry, exit, gate, gateway, portal, threshold, water gate), dry (padlock). (various references) | |
Arabic | تثبيت (confirmation, fixation, fixing, fixture, verification), أسدل, أمسك ب (grab, load, take), إغلاق (closeness, closing, closure, shut down, shutout, shutting), خصلة شعر (lock of hair, tress, tuft, wisp), عانق (caress, clasp, cuddle, embrace, enfold, fold, grasp, hug, neck, pet, press), أزلج (lock on), سد (bar, barrage, block, bung, clog, close, close up, congest, dam, dike, dyke, embankment, fill, floodgate, foul, mure, obturate, obturation, occlude, occlusion, pack, plug, seal, shut, stem, stop, stop up, stuff, tamp, wad, weir), مكبح العربة (spoke), حجز (attach, attachment, be taken, bespeak, bond, confine, confinement, constrain, derequisition, detain, detention, distrain, foreclose, have reservations, immure, impound, incarcerate, incarceration, keep, mew, put away, recapture, reservation, reserve, restrain, retention, seize, seizure, sequester, sequestration, shut, staunch, stop, tackle), غلق (bolt, chap, close, close up, hinder, lockup, make, seam off, shut, shut down, sock in), قفل (block out, close, confine, enclose, fastener, inclose, latch, obstruct, padlock, pen, plug, shut, shut down, shut out, shutter, turn off), قفل الامان, هوس (mania, quirk), هويس, زناد (firing pin). (various references) | |
Basque | sarraila. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | клин (chock, cleat, cotter bolt, gusset, key, loco, nib, panel, peg, quoin, salient, wedge), потъвам (be engulfed, be lost, go down, go under, plunge, sink, submerge, submerse, subside), поставям шлюзове, притискам силно, преплитам (entwine, inosculate, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, inweave, twine, weave), прегръщам силно, блокирам (block, blockade, interlock, jam up, overslaugh, pocket), брава, заклещвам (pawl), заключвам (bolt, fasten, key, latch, lock up, prison, screw up, shut, shut in), затварям (case, cicatrize, close, constrain, douse, enclose, gaol, hem, house, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, latch, lock up, mew, obturate, pen, prison, pull to, restrain, screw up, seal off, shut, shut away, shut in, shut up, stop, turn off), затварям се (close, fall to, shut, shut to, swing shut, swing to), затвор (bastille, bondage, calaboose, can, choky, clink, confinement, duress, gaol, hold, jail, jug, kitty, limbo, lockup, mew, pen, penitentiary, pokey, pound, prison, prison house, quod, shop, shut off, shutter, shuttle, stockade, stopper), движа през шлюзове, кичур коса (lock of hair), стягам (accouter, accoutre, bind, brace, compact, constrain, constrict, do up, gripe, hold in, hoop, impact, lace, lace up, pack, pinch, preen, screw up, straiten, tense, tighten, trim, truss), ключалка (click, fastener, keyhole, latch, snap), катанец, кофар, къдрица (curl, friz, frizz, frizzle, kiss-me-quick, ringlet), шлюз (coffer, cofferdam, floodgate, gate, hatch, penstock, sluice), фъндък (floccule, flock, fluff), хватка (clutch, grasp, grip, hold, wrist), спирам (arrest, bit, block, brake, bring to, bring to rest, bring up, call a halt, cease, check, come to a halt, come to rest, cut, cut off, cut short, die, discontinue, draw up, drive up, dwell, end, fix, go phut, halt, hang up, heave to, hold back, hold in, immobilize, impede, inhibit, intervene, keep off, kill, leave off, occlude, preclude, prevent, pull in, pull up, put in, quash, quit, run down, snub, stint, stop, suppress, suspend, trammel, trig, withhold), скопчвам (interlock), скрепявам, стисвам (grip, gripe), стопор (detent, stop, stopper), затягам (clamp, close, cramp, screw up, straiten). (various references) | |
Chinese | 鋂 (metal dog collar), 锁 (locking), 綹 (skein, tuft), 撞鎖 . (various references) | |
Czech | zdymadlo, zámek (Castle), uzávìr (bolt, cover, fastening, locking device, seal, snap, stopper, top), kadeř (curl, curling, lock of hair, ringlet, tress), chumáè (trail, wad, wisp). (various references) | |
Danish | lås (flapper, interlocking). (various references) | |
Dutch | slot (castle, clasp, conclusion, end, ending, hook, terminate), sluis (sluice), schutsluis (sluice). (various references) | |
Esperanto | seruro, kluzo (sluice), ŝlosi. (various references) | |
Faeroese | læsa, lás, slúsa (sluice). (various references) | |
Farsi | قفل شدن , بوسیله قفل بسته ومحکم شدن , دسته پشم , راکدگذاردن , طره گیسو (Pug), سدبالابر, بغل گرفتن (Clip), قفل (Padlock), محل پرچ یااتصال دویاچندورق فلزی , قفل کردن (Latch, Padlock), چشمه پل , چخماق تفنگ , چفت وبست , مانع (Balk, Bar, Barricade, Brake, Crimp, Dike, Drawback, Embargo, Encumbrance, Handicap, Hedge, Hinder, Hindrance, Hitch, Hurdle, Impediment, Let, Obstacle, Preventive, Repellent, Setback, Shackle, Snag, Stay), محبوس شدن , سدمتحرک . (various references) | |
Finnish | lukko (breech, latch), sulku (barricade, block, dam, flood-gate, obstruction, sluice), lukita (bolt, fasten). (various references) | |
French | serrure, écluse, verrou, fermer. (various references) | |
Frisian | slot (castle), skoattelje, ôfskoattelje (bolt, fasten). (various references) | |
German | Schleuse (floodgate, sluice, watergate), Schloß (castle, closured, palace), zuschließen (lock up, to lock), verschließen (bar, bolt, cap, close, closure, Cork, lock up, occlude, padlock, seal, shut, shut up, to closure, to lock, to trap, trap), sperren (ban, bar, barricade, block, blockade, close, close off, cut off, disconnect, freeze, halt, inhibit, jam, obstruct, obstruction, shut off, space out, stick, stop, to inhibit, to interlock), Sperre (ban, barrier, barring, blackout, blockade, boom, detent, elimination, embargo, fence, gate, interlock, lock out, locking device, lockout, mental block, obstacle, roadblock), schloss (bolt, Castle, chateau, clasp, fastener, manor, manor house, mansion, padlock, palace, stately home), locke (bird call, buckle, curl, tress), arretieren (arrest). (various references) | |
Greek | κλειδαριά (padlock). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מחלפה (braid, plait), מנעול (bar, bolt, padlock), להגיף (bolt, shut), לנעול (bolt down, close, conclude, secure), לנצור (close, guard, keep, preserve, protect), תלתל (curl, quiff, ringlet, tag, tress), תפס (catch), צמה (braid, plait, tress), סכר (barrage, dam, floodgate, sluice, sluice gate), סגר (bolt, closing, closure, occlusion, tongue of a lock). (various references) | |
Hungarian | závárzat (bolt, bolt of a rifle, breech, gunlock), zár (bolt, fastening, latch, obturator, occlusion, snap, sneck, to fasten), lakat (padlock), hajfürt (curl, lock of hair, tress, wisp of hair). (various references) | |
Icelandic | lás. (various references) | |
Indonesian | mengunci, kunci (key), centung (crest, tuft, tuft of hair). (various references) | |
Irish | glas (green). (various references) | |
Italian | serratura (interlocking), serrare a chiave, chiusa (closing, closure, end, paddle, penstock, sluice, Weir), chiavistello (bolt, latch), blocco (barrier, bloc, block, blockade, detent, gross, jam, lock out, lump, pad, stoppage). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 錠前 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ロック (rock), じょうまえ, じょう (10^28, aboard a ship or vehicle, as a matter of, besides, best, cane, company officer, emotion, feelings, first volume, from the standpoint of, going up, governmental, high class, imperial, jailer, old man, padlock, passion, presenting, rank, shape, showing, superior quality, -tatami mats, ten octillion, ten thousand quadrillion, top, uselessness, whipping rod, young woman). (various references) | |
Korean | 자물쇠. (various references) | |
Manx | skeog (tress), scabbag, lock (sluice), kiangley (anchoring, anchoring building, article, article to trade, attach, band, bandage, bandaging, belay, bend, bind, bind down, binding, bond, bow knot, bundle, compress, condition, condition terms, connect, constipate, constrain, dress, dressing, envoy, envoy of poem, fasten down, fastening, influence, involvement, juncture, link, lock in, locking, make fast, nexus, obligation, pin, pinion, relationship, retain, retention, secure, shackle, stipulation, tether, tie, tie down, tie on, tie up, tying, vinculum), cur glass er. (various references) | |
Maya | kaal (butler, neck, to lock up, twenty). (various references) | |
Norwegian | lås (fastener, interlock). (various references) | |
Occitan | sarralha. (various references) | |
Papago | yahwidath (to lock). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ocklay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fechadura (dead-lock, door lock, keyhole), fecho (closure, hasp, locket, snap). (various references) | |
Romanian | încuia (close, lock up, secure, stump, stunt). (various references) | |
Russian | стопор (detent), тормозить (brake, damp, hamper, skid, slow down), шлюз (bridge, floodgate, gate, gateway, penstock, sluice), останов (catch, dog, stop), замыкать, замок (castle, chateau, chyme, lock-hospital), зажим (adapter, clamp, clasp, clinch, clip, cramp, dog, grip, gripe), запор (constipation, fastener, hasp, latch, lock on), запирать (bar, crib, embay, fasten, lock in, mew up, pawl, pen, shut in, shut up), локон (curl, kiss curl, kiss-me-quick, lovelock, ringlet, tress). (various references) | |
Scottish | glas (a lock, a. grey, fetter : glas-làmh, grey, va. and vn. turn grey). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | lokna (curl), zaključati (lock up, shut off), zabraviti (bolt), uvojak (curl, curlicue, frizzle, ringlet, tress, volution), ustava (floodgate, sluice, weir), ukočiti (brake), pramen (coma, patch, tress, tussock, wisp), kočnica (brake, drag, lock on), brava, brana (barrage, dam, groyne, jetty, penstock, pike, preserve, water gate, weir). (various references) | |
Shona | chihuri (bolt lock). (various references) | |
Spanish | esclusa (floodgate, sluice), cerrar (block, bring up, close, close down, fasten, jam, lock out, make, obstruct, put down, put over, put through, seal, seal off, set in, shut, shut down, shut up, stop, to close, to shut, turn off, zip, zip shut, zip up), cerradura (clench, deadlock), bucle (curl, loop). (various references) | |
Swedish | låsa (loch, peg down, secure), lås (clasp, fastener, fastening, padlock), sluss (floodgate, sluice), hårlock (coil, curl, ringlet, tress). (various references) | |
Thai | ใส่กุญแจ (key), ท่าการจับแบบกีฬามวยปล้ำ, กอดรัด, การควบคุมทั้งหมด, กุญแจ (key), ปอยผม, ปอยขนสัตว์, ประตูน้ำ (tidelock). (various references) | |
Turkish | lüle (curl, pipe bowl, pouf, pouffe, puff, ringlet, tress), takılmak (banter, be affixed, be attached, catch, chaff, chip, guy, hang out, haunt, hook, impose oneself on, jam, jam in, jolly, Josh, kid, lark, lark about, lark around, lock on, pull smb.'s leg, rally, rib, rot, seize, seize up, snag, sport, stick, stick around, tease), kilitlemek (close, fasten, fasten up, fence in, interlock, key, key in, key on, lock up, make fast, shut up, turn the key), kilit (fastener, key), kanal havuzuna sokmak, kanal havuzu, kıvırcık sakal, durdurmak (abort, arrest, baulk, block, bring short, call a halt, call off, cease, check, choke back, choke down, choke off, collar, Crimp, deactivate, discontinue, draw up, give over, halt, hold back, hold up, intercept, intermit, jam, jugulate, paralyse, paralyze, pull in, pull up, put a stop to, shut off, stanch, staunch, stay, stem, still, stop, Stow, suppress, suspend), bukle (coil, corkscrew curls, curl, frizz, hank, Lovelock, pouf, pouffe, puff, ringlet), boyunduruk (chain, headlock, itch, oppression, pillory, stock, yoke), bloke etmek (arrest, block, immobilize, lock up, tie up), birbirine geçmek (imbricate, intertwine, mesh, work together), birbirine geçirmek (dovetail, enlace, interlace, intertwine, rabbet, throw in), bağlamak (affiliate, assign, attach, attribute, band, bandage, belay, bend, bind, bond, brace, braid, clasp, colligate, concatenate, conjoin, connect, copulate, cord, couple, do up, engage, enthral, enthrall, fasten, fasten up, fix, fixate, grapple, guy, hitch, hook on, hook up, infix, interconnect, interlink, interlock, inthral, join, knit, knit together, knit up, knot, lace, lace up, lash, lash down, leash, ligature, link, link up, lock up, mediatize, oblige, put through, rivet, rope, settle, string, subordinate, switch to, tether, tie, tie down, tie up, truss, unite, Wed). (various references) | |
Turkmen | petilemek, gulplamak, gulp. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | шлюз (canal lock, coffer, floodgate, overflow-dike, penstock, sluice), зціплювати (clench, shut), засув (bar, bolt, catch, fast, fastener, hasp, latch, sneck), затор (congestion, dead lock, gorge, hold up, jam, jamming, stopping), замок (aerie), замикатися на замок, замикати на замок. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tóc (colouring, hair), tình trạng nan giải, tình trạng lúng túng cửa cổng mất cả chì lẫn chài, tình trạng khó khăn (predicament, sledding, sleighing), tình trạng bế tắc (no go), món tóc (bob), mớ tóc, mớ bông. (various references) | |
Welsh | cudyn (tuft), cloi, clo (conclusion). (various references) | |
Zulu | -khiya. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Indo-European | 1200 BCE-Modern | lug-. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cataracta, claudere, clausura, clusuris, obfirmo. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | belucan, lucan. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Song of Solomon Chapter 5, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Anesthn egw anoixai tw adelfidw mou ceireV mou estaxan smurnan daktuloi mou smurnan plhrh epi ceiraV tou kleiqrou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Surrexi ut aperirem dilecto meo manus meae stillaverunt murra digiti mei pleni murra probatissima |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | I ros, that I shulde opene to my lemman; myn hondis droppeden mirre, and my fingres ful of best proued myrre. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | I rose up to open to my beloved: and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet-smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | I got up to let my loved one in; and my hands were dropping with myrrh, and my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the lock of the door. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Song of Solomon Chapter 5, Verse 5 |
| Cebuano | Ako mibangon sa pag-abli alang sa akong hinigugma; Ug ang akong mga kamot nagtulo sa mirra, Ug ang akong mga tudlo sa mirra nga tubig, Ibabaw sa mga kalaptan nga trangka. |
| Croatian | Ustadoh da otvorim dragome svome, a iz ruke mi prokapa smirna i poteèe niz prste na ruèku zavora. |
| Danish | Jeg stod op og åbned for min Ven; mine Hænder drypped af Myrra, mine Fingre af flydende Myrra, da de rørte ved Låsens Håndtag. |
| Dutch | Ik stond op, om mijn Liefste open te doen; en mijn handen drupten van mirre, en mijn vingers van vloeiende mirre, op de handvaten des slots. |
| Finnish | minä nousin avaamaan rakkaalleni, ja minun käteni tiukkuivat mirhaa, sormeni sulaa mirhaa salvan kädensijoihin. |
| French | Je me suis levée pour ouvrir à mon bien-aimé; Et de mes mains a dégoutté la myrrhe, De mes doigts, la myrrhe répandue Sur la poignée du verrou. |
| German | Da stand ich auf, daß ich meinem Freund auftäte; meine Hände troffen von Myrrhe und meine Finger von fließender Myrrhe an dem Riegel am Schloß. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Maka bangunlah aku hendak membuka pintu bagi kekasihku. Mur menetes dari tangan dan jari-jariku, membasahi pegangan kancing pintu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu bangunlah aku, hendak membukakan pintu akan kekasihku, maka tanganku bertitik-titik mur dan jarikupun minyak mur pada pemegangan kancing. |
| Italian | Mi sono alzata per aprire al mio diletto e le mie mani stillavano mirra, fluiva mirra dalle mie dita sulla maniglia del chiavistello. |
| Maori | I ara atu ahau ki te uaki i te tatau ki taku i aroha ai; maturuturu ana te maira i oku ringa, te maira waiwai i oku maihao ki nga puritanga o te tutaki. |
| Norwegian | Jeg stod op for å lukke op for min elskede, og mine hender dryppet av myrra, mine fingrer av flytende myrra, som vætte låsens håndtak. |
| Portuguese | Eu me levantei para abrir ao meu amado; e as minhas mãos destilavam mirra, e os meus dedos gotejavam mirra sobre as aldravas da fechadura. |
| Rumanian | M`am sculat sq deschid iubitului meu, kn timp ce de pe mknile mele picura smirnq, wi de pe degetele mele picura cea mai aleasq smirnq pe mknerul zqvorului. |
| Russian | с ЧУФБМБ, ЮФПВЩ ПФРЕТЕФШ ЧПЪМАВМЕООПНХ НПЕНХ, Й У ТХЛ НПЙИ ЛБРБМБ НЙТТБ, Й У РЕТУФПЧ НПЙИ НЙТТБ ЛБРБМБ ОБ ТХЮЛЙ ЪБНЛБ. |
| Spanish | Entonces me levanté para abrir a mi amado, y mis manos gotearon perfume de mirra. Mis dedos gotearon mirra sobre la manecilla del cerrojo. |
| Swedish | Jag stod upp för att öppna för min vän, och mina händer dröpo av myrra, mina fingrar av flytande myrra, som fuktade rigelns handtag. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "lock": lockable, lockage, lockages, lockbox, lockboxes, lockdown, lockdowns, locked, locker, lockers, locket, lockets, locking, lockjaw, lockjaws, lockkeeper, lockkeepers, locknut, locknuts, lockout, lockouts, lockram, lockrams, locks, locksmith, locksmithing, locksmithings, locksmiths, lockstep, locksteps, lockstitch, lockstitched, lockstitches, lockstitching, lockup, lockups. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "lock": antilock, armlock, backblock, block, breechblock, bullock, cellblock, charlock, chockablock, cinderblock, clock, daglock, deadlock, dreadlock, earlock, elflock, fetlock, firelock, flintlock, flock, forelock, gavelock, gridlock, gunlock, hairlock, hammerlock, havelock, headlock, hemlock, hillock, interlock, killock, lovelock, matchlock, mullock, oarlock, padlock, picklock, pollock, relock, roadblock, rowlock, schlock, sherlock, shlock, shylock, subblock, sunblock, superblock, unblock, unlock. (additional references) | |
Words containing "lock": anticlockwise, armlocks, backblocks, blockade, blockaded, blockader, blockaders, blockades, blockading, blockage, blockages, blockbuster, blockbusters, blockbusting, blockbustings, blocked, blocker, blockers, blockhead, blockheads, blockhouse, blockhouses, blockier, blockiest, blocking, blockish, blocks, blocky, bollocks, breechblocks, bullocks, bullocky, cellblocks, charlocks, cinderblocks, clocked, clocker, clockers, clocking, clocklike, clocks, clockwise, clockwork, clockworks, counterblockade, counterblockaded, counterblockades, counterblockading, counterclockwise, daglocks, deadlocked. (additional references) | |
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"Lock" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Glock, Gock, kock, Lecc, licik, llc, llock, loak, locc, locf, Locko, Locl, Loek, loik, lokc, lonk, looc, loock, looik, lork, losk, Lossky, luc, Luick, luk, lukk, luoc, plock. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "lock" (pronounced lÄ"k) |
| 3 | l Ä" k | antilock, bloc, block, clock, floc, flock, interlock, Loch, schlock, unlock. |
| 2 | -Ä" k | antiknock, Bach, Bangkok, Bock, Brock, caulk, chalk, chock, Croc, crock, Doc, dock, frock, hock, Jock, knock, Mach, mock, Nock, overstock, pock, restock, Roc, rock, shock, smock, sock, stock, undock, walk, wok. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-k-l-o" | |
-1 letter: col. | |
-2 letters: lo. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-k-l-o" | |
+1 letter: block, cloak, clock, clonk, flock, locks. | |
+2 letters: blocks, blocky, cloaks, clocks, clonks, cockle, flocks, flocky, locked, locker, locket, lockup, relock, shlock, unlock. | |
+3 letters: armlock, backlog, becloak, blocked, blocker, bullock, cloaked, clocked, clocker, clonked, cockily, cockled, cockles, colicky, cowlick, cuckold, daglock, earlock, elflock, fetlock, flocked, gunlock, hemlock, hillock, killock, kolache, kolacky, lavrock, lockage, lockbox, lockers, lockets, locking, lockjaw, locknut, lockout, lockram, lockups, mullock, oarlock, padlock, pockily, pollack, pollock, potluck, relocks, rollick, rowlock, schlock, shlocks, shylock, unblock, uncloak, unlocks, warlock, wedlock. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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