lock

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 →
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 →

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 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 →
• 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 →
• 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 →

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».