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lock
idiom
1. Lock horns To become embroiled in conflict.
2. Lock, stock, and barrel To the greatest or most complete extent; wholly: an estate that was auctioned off lock, stock, and barrel.
3. Under lock and key Securely locked up.
noun
1. A device operated by a key, combination, or keycard and used, as on a door, for holding, closing, or securing.
2. A length or curl of hair; a tress.
3. A mechanism in a firearm for exploding the charge.
4. 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.
5. A secure hold; control: The distributor has a lock on most of the market.
phrasal-verb
1. Lock out To withhold work from (employees) during a labor dispute.
verb
1. To fasten the lock of.
2. To make fast with or as if with a lock.
3. To fasten in or out or to make secure or inaccessible by or as if by means of.
4. To fix in a particular situation or method of operation.
5. To make fast, motionless, or inflexible especially by the interlacing or interlocking of parts.
verb-intransitive
1. To become entangled; interlock.
2. To become fastened by or as if by means of a lock: The door locks automatically when shut.
3. To become rigid or immobile: The mechanism tends to lock in cold weather.
4. To pass through a lock or locks in a waterway.
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Top Words by points |
Points |
Word Game |
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lock | 10 |
Scrabble |
2 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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lo | 2 |
ok | 6 |
3 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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col | 5 |
4 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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lock | 10 |