Lock vs Hold - What's the difference?

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Lock is a synonym of hold.

As proper nouns the difference between lock and hold

is that lock is while hold is moon.

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 * * 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.

*, 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.

(label) To be capable of becoming fastened in place.

(label) To intertwine or dovetail.

To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.

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

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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hold

English

(wikipedia hold)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

Adjective

(en adjective)

(obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) , (etyl) (m), (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).

Verb

(lb) To grasp or grip.

*:But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window.

*, chapter=23

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}

*{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author=(Henry Petroski)

, magazine=(American Scientist), title= The Evolution of Eyeglasses , passage=The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,

(lb) To contain or store.

(lb) To maintain or keep to a position or state.

#(lb) To have and keep possession of something.

#*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 14, author=Angelique Chrisafis

, title=Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism, work=Guardian citation , passage=She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.}}

#(lb) To reserve.

#(lb) To cause to wait or delay.

#(lb) To detain.

#(lb) To be or remain valid; to apply.

#*(John Locke) (1632-1705)

#*:The rule holds in land as all other commodities.

#To keep oneself in a particular state.

#*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)

, chapter=2 citation , passage=Mother

#(lb) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.

#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:We cannot hold mortality's strong hand.

#*(Richard Crashaw) (1613-1649)

#*:Death! what do'st? O, hold thy blow.

#* (1800-1859)

#*:He hath not sufficient judgment and self-command to hold his tongue.

#(lb) To bear, carry, or manage.

#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:Let him hold his fingers thus.

# Not to move; to halt; to stop.

#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:And damned be him that first cries, "Hold , enough!"

#(lb) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.

#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:Our force by land hath nobly held .

# To remain ; to control an excretory bodily function.

(lb) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.

#(lb) To maintain, to consider, to opine.

#*1776 , (Thomas Jefferson) et al.'', ''(United States Declaration of Independence) :

#*:We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.}}

#(lb) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.

#To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.

#*Bible, (Psalms) lxxxiii.1:

#*:Hold not thy peace, and be not still.

#*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

#*:Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, / Shall hold their course.

#To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.

#*Bible, ii.15:

#*:Stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught.

#*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

#*:But still he held his purpose to depart.

#(lb) To restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.

#*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

#*:His dauntless heart would fain have held / From weeping, but his eyes rebelled.

To win one's own service game.

To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).

*, chapter=5

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held , one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}

(lb) To derive right or title.

*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:My crown is absolute, and holds of none.

*1817 , (William Hazlitt), ''

*:His imagination holds immediately from nature.

Antonyms

* release

Derived terms

* be left holding the baby * holdall * hold a candle * hold a grudge * hold accountable * hold back * hold court * hold down * holder * holdfast * hold forth * holding * hold it * hold off * hold on * hold on to * hold one's breath * hold one's fire * hold one's horses * hold one's liquor * hold one's own * hold one's peace * hold out * hold over * hold responsible * hold someone's feet to the fire * hold the cards * hold the fort * hold the line * hold to account * hold up * hold-ups * hold water * hold with the hare and run with the hounds * uphold * withhold * See also'' held''' ''and'' ' holding

Noun

(en noun)

A grasp or grip.

* , chapter=7

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.}}

Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.

Something reserved or kept.

We have a hold here for you.

The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.

* 2004 , Zoe Diana Draelos, Hair Care: An Illustrated Dermatologic Handbook (page 221)

Sculpturing gels provide stiffer hold than styling gels, which provide better hold than mousses.

(wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.

He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat.

(gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.

The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.

(gambling) The wager amount, the total hold .

As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015

(tennis) An instance of .

* 1898 , , Chapter 4

So I felt my way down the passage back to the vault, and recked not of the darkness, nor of Blackbeard and his crew, if only I could lay my lips to liquor. Thus I groped about the barrels till near the top of the stack my hand struck on the spile of a keg, and drawing it, I got my mouth to the hold .

A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.

(video games, dated) A pause facility.

* 1983 , New Generation Software, Knot in 3D (video game instruction leaflet)

A hold facility is available; H holds, and S restarts.

* 1987 ?, Imagine Software, Legend of Kage (video game instruction leaflet)

SCREEN 5 — Perhaps the toughest — going like the clappers sometimes works but generally you'll have to be smarter than that. If things get a little too hectic and you don't even have time to reach the HOLD key, try taking a short rest below the top of the stairs.

Derived terms

* foothold * handhold * household * no holds barred * on hold * stronghold * threshhold * military hold * personal hold

References

Etymology 3

Alteration (due to (m)) of (m). Cognate with (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

(nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold ).

Put that in the hold .

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