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65 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• lock n. Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
• lock n. (Computing, by extension) A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
• lock n. A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
• lock n. (Firearms) The firing mechanism.
• lock n. Complete control over a situation.
• lock n. Something sure to be a success.
• lock n. (Rugby) A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
• lock n. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
• lock n. A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
• lock n. A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
• lock n. A grapple in wrestling.
• lock v. (Intransitive) To become fastened in place.
• lock v. (Transitive) To fasten with a lock.
• lock v. (Intransitive) To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
• lock v. (Transitive) To intertwine or dovetail.
• lock v. (Intransitive, break dancing) To freeze one’s body or a part thereof in place.
• lock v. To furnish (a canal) with locks.
• lock v. To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
• lock v. To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one’s left arm around it, to disarm them.
• lock v. (Internet, transitive) To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
• lock v. (Internet, transitive, Wikimedia jargon) To prevent a page from being edited by other users.
• lock v. (Intransitive, rugby) To play in the position of lock.
• lock n. A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
• lock n. A small quantity of straw etc.
• lock n. (Scotland, law, historical) A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.
• Lock prop.n. A surname.
• -lock suff. (No longer productive) Action or proceeding, practice, ritual.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Central franconian
  • Löck n. (Most dialects of Ripuarian) people; persons; folk.
• German low german
  • Lock n. Hole.
  • Lock n. Opening.
• Swedish
  • lock n. (Chiefly in the plural) a lock of hair.
  • lock n. A cover, a lid.
  • lock n. Popping (as when ears pop).
  • lock n. A (thin) board that covers the gap between panel boards.
  • lock n. Call, lure (uninflected, from the verb locka).

— English words, defined in German —

• lock V. Transitiv: etwas (mit einem Schlüssel) abschließen, etwas sichern.
• lock V. Intransitiv: schließen.
• lock V. Transitiv: sich verhaken.
• lock V. Intransitiv: sich an etwas binden (verpflichten).
• lock S. Schloss; Vorrichtung, die etwas verschließt, so dass nur Besitzer des Schlüssels es erreichen können.
• lock S. Locke aus Haaren.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• lock n. Lock - slot o ; mechanisme waarmee in combinatie met een sleutel een deur of een raam kan worden afgesloten.
• lock w. Sluiten, op slot doen, afsluiten.

— English words, defined in French —

• lock n. Serrure (à clé).
• lock n. Écluse.
• lock n. Sas (dans l’eau).
• lock n. Mèche (de cheveux).
• lock v. Fermer, fermer à clé.
• lock v. Enfermer, Renfermer.
• lock v. Verrouiller (avec un verrou).
• lock v. (Informatique) Verrouiller.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• lock s. Cerradura.
• lock v. Candar, o cerrar con llave.
• lock v. Informática. Bloquear.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• lock s. Fechadura.
• lock s. Segmento de um canal utilizado para levantar ou abaixar embarcações.
• lock v. Trancar.
• lock v. Prender (ficar preso por algo).

— English words, defined in Italian —

• lock s. Serratura, chiavistello, lucchetto.
• lock s. Chiusa (di un canale).
• lock s. Ciocca (di capelli).

— In German —

• lock V. 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs locken.
• löck V. 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs löcken.

— In Dutch —

• lock n. Mechanisme waarmee in combinatie met een sleutel een deur…
• lock n. (Figuurlijk) situatie waarin men geen keuze vrijheid meer heeft.

179 English words from 35 English definitions

access Action and another antagonist arm around become becoming behind being between board boards boat boats body break break␣dancing by␣extension Call can canal cannot capable Chiefly closing combination Complete Computing control cover covers dancing device dialects disarm dovetail ears edited enclosed etc extension fasten fastened fastening Firearms firing fixed folk for freeze from front front␣row furnish gap gates get get␣out get␣out␣of grapple hair historical Hole immovable impossible in␣it in␣place interlacing Internet intertwine Intransitive jargon keeping key law left length levels lid lock locks longer lower lowering lure make meal mechanism members mill modify Most mutex new No␣longer of␣a of␣an one only opened Opening other out out␣of over page panel part people perquisite persons place play player play␣in plural pop Popping position posts practice prevent proceeding productive quantity raise raising resource restricting Ripuarian ritual row rugby Scotland scrum segment seize servant situation small Something so␣that state state␣of␣being straw success sure surname sword sword␣arm tallest team that the them thereof thin thing thread together token transitive tuft turning uninflected upon used users usually verb waterway wheel when which with wool wrestling

28 English words from 30 foreign definitions

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2 foreign words from 35 English definitions

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76 foreign words from 30 foreign definitions

abaixar abschließen à␣clé afsluiten Aktiv aus avec Besitzer binden Bloquear canale capelli Cerradura cerrar cheveux chiavistello Chiusa clé combinatie deur doen Écluse einem embarcações Enfermer erreichen etwas Fechadura fermer fermer␣à␣clé ficar Figuurlijk geen Haaren heeft Imperativ Informática Informatique Intransitiv keuze können levantar llave löcken lucchetto mechanisme Mèche mit por Präsens raam Renfermer schließen Schlüssel Schlüssels Segmento Serratura Serrure sichern situatie sleutel Sluiten so␣dass Trancar Transitiv utilizado verhaken verpflichten verrou Verrouiller verschließt Vorrichtung vrijheid waarin waarmee worden

280 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

lock'd locke Locke locks Locks lockt locky locked locken Locken locker Locker lockes locket Locket Lockey Lockie lockin lock-in lock␣in lock␣on LOCKSS lockup lock-up lock␣up locky␣D Lockaby lockage Lockamy Lockard lockbox Lockean Lockens lockers Lockers lockets Lockett Lockeys lockful Lockian locking Locking lockins lock-ins lock␣ins Lockist Lockitt lockjaw lock␣key locklet +230 words

1395 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

blocko blocks blockt blocky clocke clocks Clocks clocky D␣locks flocks Flocks flockt flocky Glocks Klocke Klocks slocks belocks blocked blockee blocker Blocker blockos block␣up clocked clocker clockes clock␣in clock␣on clock␣up enlocks flocked flocken flocker inlocks Klockes Molocks ollocks oplocks Polocks relocks shlocks shlocky slocked slocken unlocks uplocks V␣blocks Xblocks airlocks air␣locks +1344 words

681 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

block Block clock Clock D␣lock flock Flock F␣Lock Glock Klock slock a␣clock Adlock belock enlock inlock Molock o'clock ollock oplock Polock relock shlock unlock uplock V␣block airlock air␣lock armlock Ashlock ballock bedlock Blalock bollock boxlock bullock Bullock cadlock caplock carlock Carlock daglock deblock diblock doglock Duplock earlock elflock eyelock eye-lock eye␣lock +630 words

7 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

loc LoC LOC 'loc loc. ock -ock

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

col Col COL col- col. Col. -col-

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Kloc KLOC

26 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

block Block cloak clock Clock cloke clonk D␣lock eckol flock Flock F␣Lock Glock Klock Klocs KLOCs KSLOC Lacko lock'd locke Locke locks Locks lockt locky slock

25 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

CLK Clo CLO col Col COL col- col. Col. -col- KCL Koc Kol KOL loc LoC LOC 'loc loc. ock -ock OCL OKC OLC Olk

46 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bock Bock cock Cock dock Dock Fock gock hock jock Jock Kock lack lick Lick loca LOCA loc'd loch Loch loci loco locs LoCs LOCs 'locs Lonk look Look lork louk Louk luck Luck mock Mock nock Nock pock rock Rock sock tock Wock yock zock

7 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

loc LoC LOC 'loc loc. ock -ock

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