Found 4 hits - Term: padlock, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
padlock \pad"lock`\, n. perh. orig., a lock for a pad gate, or
a gate opening to a path, or perh., a lock for a basket or
pannier, and from prov. e. pad a pannier. cf. pad a path,
paddler.
1. a portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or
pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end
being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by
passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through
the links of a chain, etc.
1913 webster
2. fig.: a curb; a restraint.
1913 webster
see also:
pad paddler
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
padlock \pad"lock`\, v. t. imp. p. p. padlocked; p. pr.
vb. n. padlocking.
to fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to
confine as by a padlock. --milton. tennyson.
1913 webster
see also:
padlocked padlocking
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
padlock
n : a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed
through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and
then snapped shut
v : fasten with a padlock
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
41 moby thesaurus words for "padlock":
bang, bar, barricade, barrier, batten, batten down, bolt, button,
button up, choke, choke off, clap, close, close up, constrict,
contain, contract, cover, fasten, fold, fold up, key, latch, lock,
lock out, lock up, occlude, plumb, seal, seal off, seal up, secure,
shut, shut the door, shut up, slam, snap, squeeze shut, strangle,
zip up, zipper
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