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nouna 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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"The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend" "She locked her jewels in the safe"verbplace in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escapetype of:
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nounenclosure 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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"He locked his hands around her neck"verbhold in a locking position
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verbkeep engaged
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nouna strand or cluster of hair
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"They were locked in embrace"verbbecome engaged or intermeshed with one another
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nouna fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
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nouna mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
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nounany wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressuredtype of:
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"The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"verbbecome rigid or immoveableOpposite:type of:
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verbbuild locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
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"lock the bike to the fence"verbfasten with a lockOpposite:
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"He was locked in a laughing fit"verbhold fast (in a certain state)
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verbpass by means through a lock in a waterwaytype of:
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- "keyhole"
- "bolt"
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- "tumbler"