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# lock

«lock» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a device on a door, box or bike that keeps it closed so…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lock/#m1)

2) To lock is to close something with a lock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lock/#m2)

3) A lock of hair is a small bunch of hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lock/#m3)

4) A lock on a canal is a section with gates where boats are raised or lowered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lock/#m4)

### 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

- 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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lock/#x3)
- Lock the door when you go out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lock/#x4)
- My bike lock has a four-number code. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lock/#x5)
- I got locked out of the house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lock/#x6)
- The medicines are kept under lock and key. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lock/#x7)
- She cut a lock of the baby's hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lock/#x8)
- The boat went through the canal lock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lock/#x9)
- Lock your tablet with a password. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lock/#x10)
- Is the gate locked? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lock/#x11)
- The key turned easily in the lock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lock/#x12)

### 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

- [Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and locked them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.85/)
- [Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1192/)
- [His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are curled, and black as a raven.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.79/)
- [A bat sleeps all day upside down without effort, because its toes lock shut on their own.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/314-bats-of-the-world-flying-foxes-vampire-bats-the-bumblebee-bat-and-tent-makers/6/)
- [The hall is long and low, lit by a row of lamps hanging from the roof, with locked doors all round.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/2-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lock» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lock/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.