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lock
(l/A/k )

noun (n)

  • a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • a strand or cluster of hair(noun.body)
    Synonym:
    curl, ringlet, whorl
    source: wordnet30
  • a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • 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(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    lock chamber
    source: wordnet30
  • a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    ignition lock
    source: wordnet30
  • any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured(noun.act)
    source: wordnet30
  • A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • fasten with a lock(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Lock the bike to the fence.
    source: wordnet30
  • keep engaged(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    engage, mesh, operate
    Antonym:
    disengage, withdraw
    source: wordnet30
  • become rigid or immoveable(verb.change)
    Example:
    The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise.
    Antonym:
    unlock
    source: wordnet30
  • hold in a locking position(verb.contact)
    Example:
    He locked his hands around her neck.
    Synonym:
    interlace, interlock
    source: wordnet30
  • become engaged or intermeshed with one another(verb.contact)
    Example:
    They were locked in embrace.
    Synonym:
    interlock
    source: wordnet30
  • hold fast (in a certain state)(verb.emotion)
    Example:
    He was locked in a laughing fit.
    source: wordnet30
  • place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape(verb.contact)
    Example:
    The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend.
    She locked her jewels in the safe.
    Synonym:
    lock away, lock in, lock up, put away, shut away, shut up
    source: wordnet30
  • pass by means through a lock in a waterway(verb.motion)
    source: wordnet30
  • build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels(verb.creation)
    source: wordnet30
  • To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock; to make fast; to prevent free movement of; as, to lock a door, a carriage wheel, a river, etc.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as, the door locks close.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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