Thesaurus: padlock

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1. n. 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.
2. n. Fig.: A curb; a restraint.
3. v. t. To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock.
4. 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
5. v. fasten with a padlock
6. 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. 2. Fig.: A curb; a restraint. To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock. Milton. Tennyson.
7. To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; toconfine as by a padlock. Milton. Tennyson.
8. v:31/n:69 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