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- DictionaryLock/läk/
noun
- 1. a mechanism for keeping a door, lid, etc., fastened, typically operated only by a key of a particular form: "the key turned firmly in the lock"
- 2. a short confined section of a canal or other waterway in which the water level can be changed by the use of gates and sluices, used for raising and lowering vessels between two gates: "there was a lock every quarter of a mile"
verb
- 1. fasten or secure (something) with a lock: "she closed and locked her desk"
- 2. restrict access to the full functionality or data of (a computer, mobile phone, file, etc.), especially by requiring a user to verify their identity with a passcode or other form of authentication: "my computer is locked and I've forgotten my login info"