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Definitions of lock
  1. noun
    a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key

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  2. 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"
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  3. noun
    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

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  4. verb
    hold in a locking position
    "He locked his hands around her neck"

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  5. verb
    keep engaged

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  6. noun
    a strand or cluster of hair

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  7. verb
    become engaged or intermeshed with one another
    "They were locked in embrace"

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  8. noun
    a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
  9. noun
    a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
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  10. noun
    any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
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  11. verb
    become rigid or immoveable
    "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
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  12. verb
    build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
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  13. verb
    fasten with a lock
    "lock the bike to the fence"
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  14. verb
    hold fast (in a certain state)
    "He was locked in a laughing fit"
  15. verb
    pass by means through a lock in a waterway
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Definition that contains lock
  • jail lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  • lag lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  • jug lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  • imprison lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  • remand lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  • gaol lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  • incarcerate lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  • icebound locked in by ice
  • immure lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  • self-locking locking automatically when closed
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