Lock

noun
lɑk

Noun

  • a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key

    Type of:RestraintConstraint
  • enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it

    Type of:Enclosure
  • a strand or cluster of hair

    Similar:CurlRingletWhorl
    Type of:Hair
  • a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed

    Type of:FixingFasteningHoldfast
  • a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun

    Type of:Mechanism
  • any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured

Verb

  • place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

    The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend

    She locked her jewels in the safe

    Type of:Confine
  • hold in a locking position

    He locked his hands around her neck

    Similar:InterlaceInterlock
    Type of:Hold
  • become engaged or intermeshed with one another

    They were locked in embrace

    Similar:Interlock
    Type of:SqueezeHugBosom
  • fasten with a lock

    lock the bike to the fence

    Type of:FastenFixSecure
  • become rigid or immoveable

    The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise

    Type of:Engage
  • hold fast (in a certain state)

    He was locked in a laughing fit

    Type of:OvercomeOverpowerOvertake
  • keep engaged

    Type of:MoveDisplace
  • build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels

    Type of:MakeBuildConstruct
  • pass by means through a lock in a waterway

    Type of:Pass

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