lock
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
To fasten or secure something with a mechanical device used for keeping things fastened.
FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 2017
Senses
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become rigid or immoveable
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put in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
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fasten with a lock
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keep engaged
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become engaged or intermeshed with one another
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to hold in a locking position
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build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
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hold fast in a certain state
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pass by means through a lock in a waterway
Classifications
Cognitive
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Responsibility
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Automation
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Variants
- synonym
- interlocklock awaylock inlock upmeshput awayshut awayshut up
- pasttense
- locked
- presentparticiple
- locking
- thirdpersonsingular
- locks
- pastparticiple
- locked