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# lock

noun (a lock, locks); verb (lock, locks, locked, locking)

«lock» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A lock is a device on a door, box or bike that keeps it closed so it can only be opened with a key, code or card. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lock/#m1)
2. To lock is to close something with a lock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lock/#m2)
3. A lock of hair is a small bunch of hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lock/#m3)
4. A lock on a canal is a section with gates where boats are raised or lowered. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lock/#m4)

### In the lessons

In safety, lock the door when home alone and do not open it to strangers; lock your bike; never lock yourself in places like fridges or sheds. In technology, phones and accounts use passwords to «lock». Phrases: «lock up» (lock all doors), «locked out» (unable to get in), «under lock and key» (kept safely locked), «lock in».

### Examples

- Lock the door when you go out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lock/#x1)
- My bike lock has a four-number code. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lock/#x2)
- I got locked out of the house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lock/#x3)
- The medicines are kept under lock and key. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lock/#x4)
- She cut a lock of the baby's hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lock/#x5)
- The boat went through the canal lock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lock/#x6)
- Lock your tablet with a password. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lock/#x7)
- Is the gate locked? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lock/#x8)
- The key turned easily in the lock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lock/#x9)

### Note

Countable. «Locker» is a small cupboard that locks, like at school or the pool. «Lock» and «key» go together. Do not confuse «lock» with «luck».

## In Jewish tradition

In safety, lock the door when home alone and do not open it to strangers; lock your bike; never lock yourself in places like fridges or sheds. In technology, phones and accounts use passwords to «lock». Phrases: «lock up» (lock all doors), «locked out» (unable to get in), «under lock and key» (kept safely locked), «lock in».

### Examples

- His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are curled, and black as a raven. (Writings SNG.5.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lock/#x1)
- Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. (Prophets EZK.44.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lock/#x2)
- Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and locked them. (Prophets JDG.3.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lock/#x3)

### Note

Countable. «Locker» is a small cupboard that locks, like at school or the pool. «Lock» and «key» go together. Do not confuse «lock» with «luck».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lock» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lock/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lock» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lock.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «lock» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lock/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lock» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lock.html) on Mova free.