Lock

What do we mean by lock?

A device operated by a key, combination, or keycard and used, as on a door, for holding, closing, or securing. noun

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. noun

A mechanism in a firearm for exploding the charge. noun

An interlocking or entanglement of elements or parts. noun

A hold in wrestling or self-defense that is secured on a part of an opponent's body. noun

A secure hold; control. noun

A sure thing; a certainty. noun

To fasten the lock of. intransitive verb

To shut or make secure with or as if with locks. intransitive verb

To confine or exclude by or as if by means of a lock. intransitive verb

To fix in place so that movement or escape is impossible; hold fast. intransitive verb

To sight and follow (a moving target) automatically. intransitive verb

To aim (a weapon or other device) at a moving target so as to follow it automatically. intransitive verb

To clasp or link firmly; intertwine or interlock. intransitive verb

To bind in close struggle or battle. intransitive verb

To equip (a waterway) with locks. intransitive verb

Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.

(by extension) A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.

A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.

The firing mechanism.

Complete control over a situation.

Something sure to be a success.

A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.

A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.

A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.

A device for keeping a wheel from turning.

A grapple in wrestling.

A persons long beautiful silky hair usually it can be used as a sexual stimulant! Urban Dictionary

Another name for a whore. Urban Dictionary

A whore....an answer to the age old question of why if a girl kisses 5 guys she is a slut but if a guy fucks 5 girls he is a stud Urban Dictionary

1. figured out 2. under control Urban Dictionary

Absolute certainty about a situation Urban Dictionary

A shortened version of Warlock, a class in World of Warcraft. Urban Dictionary

Usually a mechanical (but can also be a computer or even mental device) to secure item(s). It can also be a place where ships are.. and shifty looking sailors... Urban Dictionary

In Los Angeles a word used for a crucial fade(fight) between two or more people. Urban Dictionary

Also an alternative name for ganja/marijuana (used in the movie title: "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels") Urban Dictionary

U keepin a very close eye on tings "keepin someone on lock" Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to lock:
lock.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word lock:
locks, flanker, weir, locking, unlock, canal, thames, avon, waterway, haven, dam, navigation, gates, upstream, bolt, berkshire, barrels, lever, locked, downstream, tidal, barrel, pin, pound, keys, dock, door, picking, smoking, hair, monsters, lift, mechanism, boats, button, cylinder, caps, key, doors, gate, rugby, angle, rebuilt, basin, bridge, river, chamber, stock, wheel, boat, load, flood, prevent, device.

Words that rhyme with lock:
stock, block, rock, talk, clock, walk, cock, shock, hawk, mock, dock, flock, stalk, balk, ad hoc, hoc, hock, knock, chalk, bloc, toque, sock, doc, deadlock, hemlock, livestock, gawk, peacock, bedrock, chock, roc, smock, bach, jock, squawk, mach, crock, iraq, wok, interlock, baulk, brock, caulk, catwalk, ad-hoc, frock, poppycock, mohawk, gridlock, crosstalk, tock, roadblock, nock, wedlock, unlock, sidewalk, loch, matlock, shamrock, crosswalk, schlock, tomahawk, calk, glock, bok, aftershock, jaywalk, locke, medoc, nighthawk, antioch, havelock, jacques, bock, bokeh, lok, padlock, woodcock, manioc, croc, pock, boardwalk, oarlock, feedstock, airlock, floc, gamecock, small talk, goshawk, hollyhock, laughingstock, spock, shylock, och, falk, sherlock, salk, hancock, bangkok, bloch.

Adjectives that are often used to describe lock:
dead, new, exclusive, single, old, long, flint, double, rusty, heavy, front, key, shared, broken, strong, electronic, big, simple, mechanical, shy, closed, automatic, golden, open, door, ordinary, electric, huge, top, rim, positive, thick, wooden, upper, differential, hydraulic, dark, massive, outer, tiny, magnetic, fire, unruly, inner, complicated, loose, side, global, errant, fashioned, safe, secret, inside, secure, flimsy, type, tumbler, rusted, outside, virtual, cheap, joint, level, tight, solid, bottom, triple.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective lock:
out, outs, ups, jaw, step, keeper, gates, brakes, bag, system, nut, plate, ins, bags, muskets, loop, gun, guns, pistol, musket, down, key, gate, keepers, picking, box, chamber, systems, mechanism, door, pistols, nuts, making, stitch, rifle, house, bar, braking, doors, plates, off, canal, bolt, ring, rifles, loops, boxes, release, connector, washer, rail, tender, string, syringe, pliers, technique, mode, wood, rings, washers, picker, smith, device, maker, makers, tables, button, pin, block, fittings, switch, coupling, pulse, amplifier, ons, chambers, pick, barrel, connectors, cap, smiths, tan, downs, connections.

Consonant match to lock:
look, like, lake, lack, luck, leak, lurk, lick, lac, leek, luke, lech, loch, lek, locke, lok, luk, leck, luc, lak, lerch, leuc-, leake, lyke, lucke, luque, louk, leuk-, luick, lauck, luecke, leick, laack, laake, leuck, louck, louque.

Words that sound like lock:
lock, loch, locke, loc, lok, locc, lokke, louk, lowk, lauck, lauk, like, look, luck, lake, lick, lack, luke, leak, leek, lic, lac, lik, luc, lak, loke, luk, lech, lek, leck, lec, loq, liq, leake, lucke, laq, lakh, leke, leuk, luick, leac, luche, leick, lykke, luque, laik, loque, laag, lyc, luik, lakke, laque, luecke, lucc, logge, leich, leq, luq, leuke, lacc, log, laug, clock, block, law, la, flock, glock, lag, lark, laugher, lah, bloc, lagh, blok, lauch, gloc, floc, laa, lck, cloc, bloch, lagg, flocke, klock, laki, larke, larc, klok, laco, glocke, klocke, ldc, alloc, kloc, laig, erlach, ldk, aloc, laku.