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Quick definitions from WordNet (lock)
▸ noun: any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
▸ noun: a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
▸ noun: a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
▸ 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
▸ noun: a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
▸ noun: a strand or cluster of hair
▸ verb: pass by means through a lock in a waterway
▸ verb: become rigid or immoveable ("The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise")
▸ verb: fasten with a lock ("Lock the bike to the fence")
▸ verb: hold in a locking position ("He locked his hands around her neck")
▸ verb: build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
▸ verb: hold fast (in a certain state) ("He was locked in a laughing fit")
▸ verb: become engaged or intermeshed with one another ("They were locked in embrace")
▸ verb: place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape ("The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend")
▸ verb: keep engaged
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 50000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #4930)
▸ Also see locks
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to lock
▸ Usage examples for lock
▸ Popular adjectives describing lock
▸ Words that often appear near lock
▸ Rhymes of lock
▸ Invented words related to lock
▸ noun: any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
▸ noun: a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
▸ noun: a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
▸ 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
▸ noun: a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
▸ noun: a strand or cluster of hair
▸ verb: pass by means through a lock in a waterway
▸ verb: become rigid or immoveable ("The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise")
▸ verb: fasten with a lock ("Lock the bike to the fence")
▸ verb: hold in a locking position ("He locked his hands around her neck")
▸ verb: build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
▸ verb: hold fast (in a certain state) ("He was locked in a laughing fit")
▸ verb: become engaged or intermeshed with one another ("They were locked in embrace")
▸ verb: place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape ("The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend")
▸ verb: keep engaged
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 50000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #4930)
▸ Also see locks
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to lock
▸ Usage examples for lock
▸ Popular adjectives describing lock
▸ Words that often appear near lock
▸ Rhymes of lock
▸ Invented words related to lock