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noun(lock)a tuft, tress, or ringlet of hair
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noun(lock)the hair of the head
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noun(lock)a cohering bunch (as of wool, cotton, or flax) : tuft
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verb(lock)to fasten the lock of
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verb(lock)to make fast with or as if with a lock
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verb(lock)to fasten in or out or to make secure or inaccessible by or as if by means of locks
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noun(lock)a fastening (as for a door) operated by a key or a combination
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noun(lock)the mechanism for exploding the charge or cartridge of a firearm
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noun(lock)an enclosure (as in a canal) with gates at each end used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from level to level
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noun(lock)an intermediate chamber with two airtight doors or openings to permit passage between two dissimilar spaces (such as two places of unequal atmospheric pressure)
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noun(lock)a stoppage of flow caused by air being in a part where liquid ought to circulate
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noun(lock)a long amorous kiss
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verb(lock)to subject (a body of employees) to a lockout
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noun(lock)a long tuft of hair on the crown of the otherwise shaved head especially of a warrior of some American Indian tribes
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noun(lock)a lock controlled by clockwork to prevent its being opened before a set time
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noun(lock)partial or complete interruption of flow of a fluid (such as fuel in an internal combustion engine) caused by the formation of bubbles of vapor in the feeding system
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noun(lock)a gun's lock for a muzzle-loading firearm in which sparks are struck from a flint or a piece of pyrite by a revolving wheel