lock

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
2. A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
3. A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
4. The firing mechanism.
5. Complete control over a situation.
6. Something sure to be a success.
7. Synonym of Dutch book
8. A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
9. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
10. A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
11. A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
12. A grapple in wrestling.

Verb

1. To become fastened in place.
2. To fasten with a lock.
3. To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
4. To intertwine or dovetail.
5. To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
6. To furnish (a canal) with locks.
7. To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
8. To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them.
9. To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
10. To prevent a page from being edited by other users.
11. To play in the position of lock.

Concepten

slot

🔒

afsluiten

op slot doen

sluiten

sluis

lok

schutsluis

toedoen

dichtdoen

dichtmaken

sassluis

sas

spui

blokkeren

haan

vastlopen

deurslot

totaal

vastzetten

vlok

omsluiten

opsluiten

kolk

hangslot

Synoniemen

padlock

bolt

close

shut

curl

latch

ringlet

fasten

sluice

interlock

lock up

tuft

key

🔑

hook

🪝

shut up

mesh

engage

dam

operate

interlace

grip

bar

tress

seal

🦭

strand

adjourn

shut away

floodgate

enclose

lock away

lock in

locking

hasp

block

whorl

hold

nail

ignition lock

imprison

put away

lock chamber

fastening

secure

button

mire

mount

piggyback

pin

place

plant

🌱

plug

plunge

put on

safe

set

shackle

sluice gate

sluice valve

stanch

steer

surround

switch

switch on

tighten

trip

tripper

turn on

watergate

water gate

wisp

bind together

breechblock

door lock

sheep hold

stock and barrel

wrestling hold

fasten a lock

latchdown

obstructor

safing

air-lock

daisy-chain

hold firmly

breech closer

lock angle

steering angle

lock-in

lock uint

lockage-on

arrange

attach

barrage

barrier

blockade

bog down

box

📦

bracket

build

bunch

chateau

chest

clamp

🗜️

clip

closet

cluster

connect

coop up

cover

enclosure

fast

fastener

fence

filament

fix

flood gate

get stuck

hem in

hook up

insert

interlocking

intertwine

introvert

jam

join

keyhole

latchkey

link up

lockage

locker

logout

marriage

💍

master key

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/lɒk/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English lok, from Old English loc, from Proto-West Germanic *lok, from Proto-Germanic *luką from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend; turn”). The verb is from Middle English locken, lokken, louken, from Old English lūcan, Proto-West Germanic *lūkan, from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną. Related to luxe via Latin.