lock

verbid 657·updated Jun 3, 2026
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To fasten or secure something with a mechanical device used for keeping things fastened.

Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

synonym
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pasttense
locked
presentparticiple
locking
thirdpersonsingular
locks
pastparticiple
locked

Framework definitions

FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 20171 senseview framework →
§1
To fasten or secure something with a mechanical device used for keeping things fastened.
Wordset Dictionary9 sensesview framework →
§1
become rigid or immoveable
§2
put in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
§3
fasten with a lock
§4
keep engaged
§5
become engaged or intermeshed with one another
§6
to hold in a locking position
§7
build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
§8
hold fast in a certain state
§9
pass by means through a lock in a waterway

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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