OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 6922

lock

/lɒk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
candado • cerradura • cerrojo • chapa • pestillo • piesllo • tranca • verrojo
Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
"Give me the key," said my mother; and though the lock was very stiff, she had turned it and thrown back the lid in a twinkling.
We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time. 'Twas locked, of course, but the Deacon man got…
esclusa
A segment of a canal or other navigable waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
Here the canal came to a check, ending abruptly with a large lock.
llave
The firing mechanism.
"I never saw such a gun in my life," replied poor Winkle, looking at the lock, as if that would do any good.
Phrases
No hay frases
Word forms
📚 noun • entry_id 6924

lock

/lɒk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bucle • cadejo • hopo • mecha • mechón • pelluzgón • rizo • rulo • tufo
A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
If I consent to burn them, will you promise faithfully neither to send nor receive a letter again, nor a book (for I perceive you have sent him books), nor locks of hair, nor rings…
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 6923

lock

/lɒk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bloquearse • candarse • cerrarse • trabarse
To become fastened in place.
If you put the brakes on too hard, the wheels will lock.
We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time. 'Twas locked, of course, but the Deacon man got…
acerrojar • apestillar • atrancar • candar • cerrar con llave • cerrar con llavín • cerrar con seguro • enllavar • llavear • llavir • poner seguro • trabar • trancar
To fasten with a lock.
Remember to lock the door when you leave.