lock

4 letters in word "lock": C K L O.

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Words found within lock:

col ko lo

• Definitions:
• fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence" engage: keep engaged; "engaged the gears" become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise" a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck" a strand or cluster of hair interlock: become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace" a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit" enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it lock in: place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe" a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key pass by means through a lock in a waterway any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
• A lock is a mechanical fastening device which may be used on a door, vehicle, or container, restricting access to the area or property enclosed. Commonly, it can be released by using a key or combination.
• The lock of a firearm is the system used to ignite the propellant. Types of lock include matchlock, wheellock, flintlock, modern percussion, and experimental electronic types. A complete firearm often consists of lock, stock, and barrel. ...
• Lock is a surname, and may refer to: * Bob Lock* Charlie Lock* David Lock* Édouard Lock* Matthias Lock* Sean Lock* Tony Lock* Trevor Lock
• A lock is used when multiple users need to access a database concurrently. This prevents data from being corrupted or invalidated when multiple users try to write to the database. ...
• On waterways (navigable rivers and canals) a lock is a particular type of device for raising or lowering boats between stretches of water at different levels. ...
• In computer science, a lock is a synchronization mechanism for enforcing limits on access to a resource in an environment where there are many threads of execution. Locks are one way of enforcing concurrency control policies.
• An option exercised by the borrower, at the time of the loan application or later, to "lock in" the rates and points prevailing in the market at that time. The lender and borrower are committed to those terms, regardless of what happens between that point and the closing date.
• Lender's guarantee that the mortgage rate quoted will be good for a specific number of days from the date of the lock execution.
• Database locks are used to provide concurrency control. Locks are typically acquired at row or table level. Common Lock types are: Shared, eXclusive, Row Share, Row eXclusive, etc. ...
• An enclosure (ie in a canal) with gates at each end, used to pass boats from location to location.
• A small, approximately finger-size bit of wool that tends to stay together when shorn from the sheep.
• An enclosed section of a canal with gates at each end, used for raising and lowering boats from one level to another by admitting, or releasing, water.
• A chambered structure on a waterway closed off with gates for the purpose of raising or lowering the water level within the lock chamber so ships, boats, and tugs/barges can move from one elevation to another along the waterway.
• A device that allows boats to pass between bodies of water having different water levels, such as in a canal. A boat enters a lock, then large doors close behind it. The water level is then either raised or lowered until a second set of doors can be opened and the boat can pass through.
• A lock is a hand guaranteed to win at least part of the pot. In a high-low split game, for example, the lock low is the best possible low hand. See also nuts.
• For marine purposes: A space, enclosed at the sides by walls and at each end by which a vessel can be floated up or down to a different level.
• Fixing of an interest rate or points at a certain level.
• A commitment from a lender to guarantee an interest rate for a borrower for a period of time. Rate locks expire after an agreed upon time.
• A Boolean value specifying whether the draggable movie clip is locked to the center of the mouse position ( true ), or locked to the point where the user first clicked on the movie clip ( false ). This parameter is optional.
• A hand that cannot possibly be beaten considering all the cards on show.
• a large device that raises or lowers boats between water bodies that are at different levels
• A multi-user database synchronization mechanism, used to prevent simultaneous updates to shared data. Locks can be applied to the entire database, to files, or to record occurrences.
• A bunch of fiber that naturally holds together in one wave or curl, usually from the grease in the wool.
• either of the two forwards normally wearing No. 4 and No. 5. Typically the largest players on the field, they have primary responsibility for being the power in scrums and securing the ball in lineouts. ...
• Parental lockout. Allows for the selection of the rating you would like to watch according to the rating selected on the DVD player. See Video Ratings Guide
• Lock in the case of vaults or vault type rooms means a three-position, manipulation resistant, dial type, built-in combination lock or combination padlock and in the case of fences, walls, and buildings means an integral door lock or padlock which provides protection equivalent to a six-tumbler ...
• The ignition mechanism for a gun.
• In games with an economy, orders for units can be "locked in" at the current price, and then you "have a lock" on that unit even if the price goes up. Details here.
• 1. Slang: usually refers to the certainty of a contract or a set of circumstances; 2. Slang: to place the lead irrevocably in the hand of a particular opponent.
• A unique, alphanumeric name (usually a legal file name) used to ensure that two programs can't access the same resource simultaneously.
• A safety device; any of a variety of mechanisms that prevent a blade, once opened, from closing without the user taking an additional action to un-lock it.

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