lock
part of speech
noun (a lock, locks); verb (lock, locks, locked, locking)
meaning for a pupil
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 →
2) To lock is to close something with a lock. tree →
3) A lock of hair is a small bunch of hair. tree →
4) A lock on a canal is a section with gates where boats are raised or lowered. tree →
sense 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 →
- My bike lock has a four-number code. tree →
- I got locked out of the house. tree →
- The medicines are kept under lock and key. tree →
- She cut a lock of the baby's hair. tree →
- The boat went through the canal lock. tree →
- Lock your tablet with a password. tree →
- Is the gate locked? tree →
- The key turned easily in the lock. tree →
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 the corpora
- A bat sleeps all day upside down without effort, because its toes lock shut on their own.
- The hall is long and low, lit by a row of lamps hanging from the roof, with locked doors all round.
- He decides to be on the safe side, carefully locks the door, and runs off to the village.
- He locks the door carefully and goes.
- In a solid like a wooden block the particles are locked in place and only wobble, so it keeps its shape.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «lock» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.