closer English
Etymology 1
From close (adjective) + -er
Adjective
(head)
(close)
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Etymology 2
From close (verb) + -er
Noun
( en noun)
Someone or something that closes.
- In our organization, the VP of Sales usually acts as the closer .
Someone or something that concludes.
- The DJ chose a fantastic track as his closer at the end of the night.
The last stone in a horizontal course, if smaller than the others; a piece of brick finishing a course.
- (Gwilt)
(baseball) A relief pitcher that specializes in getting the last three outs of the game. See
- They brought their closer in for the ninth.
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lock English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
- "Give me the key," said my mother; and though the lock was very stiff, she had turned it and thrown back the lid in a twinkling.
*, chapter=13
, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients
, passage=We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time. 'Twas locked, of course, but the Deacon man got a big bunch of keys out of his pocket and commenced to putter with the lock .}}
A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
* 2005 , Karl Kopper, The Linux Enterprise Cluster
- the application must first acquire a lock on a file or a portion of a file before reading data and modifying it.
A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
* 1846 , (William Makepeace Thackeray), Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo
- Here the canal came to a check, ending abruptly with a large lock .
The firing mechanism of a gun.
* 1837 , (Charles Dickens), (The Pickwick Papers)
- "I never saw such a gun in my life," replied poor Winkle, looking at the lock , as if that would do any good.
Complete control over a situation.
* 2003 , (Charley Rosen), The Wizard of Odds
- Even though he had not yet done so, Jack felt he had a lock on the game.
Something sure to be a success.
* 2004 , (Avery Corman), A perfect divorce
- Brian thinks she's a lock to get a scholarship somewhere.
(label) A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=Septembe 24, author=Ben Dirs, work=BBC Sport
, title= Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania
, passage=Ashton only had to wait three minutes for his second try, lock Louis Deacon setting it up with a rollocking line-break, before Romania got on the scoreboard courtesy of a penalty from fly-half Marin Danut Dumbrava. }}
A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
* (Thomas De Quincey) (1785-1859)
- Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages
A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.
- (Dryden)
A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
A grapple in wrestling.
- (Milton)
Derived terms
* alcolock
* ankle lock
* anti-lock
* caps lock
* flash lock
* flat lock
* flintlock
* genlock
* gridlock
* leglock
* liplock
* lockfast
* lock time
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* lockbox
* lockmaster
* locknote
* locksmithing
* lockstep
* matchlock
* num lock
* overlock
* padlock
* picklock
* scroll lock
* staircase lock
* tide lock
* time lock
Verb
( en verb)
(label) To become fastened in place.
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*, chapter=13
, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients
, passage=We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time. 'Twas locked , of course, but the Deacon man got a big bunch of keys out of his pocket and commenced to putter with the lock.}}
(label) To fasten with a lock.
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(label) To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
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(label) To intertwine or dovetail.
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To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
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To furnish (a canal) with locks.
To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
Antonyms
* unlock
Derived terms
* lock and load
* lock horns
* lock in
* lock lips
* lock on
* lock out
* lock up
* lockable
* relock
* unlockable
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m). Cognate with (etyl) (m) (whence (etyl) (m)), (etyl) (m). It has been theorised that the word may be related to the (etyl) verb in its ancient meaning to curb .
Noun
( en noun)
tuft or length of hair
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- If I consent to burn them, will you promise faithfully neither to send nor receive a letter again, nor a book (for I perceive you have sent him books), nor locks of hair, nor rings, nor playthings?
Derived terms
* daglock
* elflock
* forelock
* goldilocks
* sidelock
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