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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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