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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: lock

1	n v	a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed fasten with a lock
2	n v	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 build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
3	n	a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
4	v n	hold fast (in a certain state) any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
5	n	a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
6	n	a strand or cluster of hair

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: lock

n a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; combination lock
lock that can be opened only by turning dials in a special sequence; cylinder lock
a lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt; tumblers are pins; inserting the key lifts and aligns the pins to free the cylinder to rotate; doorlock
a lock on an exterior door; door latch, latch
spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key; lever lock
a lock whose tumblers are levers that must be raised to a given position so that the bolt can move; padlock
a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut; sash fastener, sash lock, window lock
a lock attached to the sashes of a double hung window that can fix both in the shut position; night latch
doorlock operated by a knob on the inside and a key on the outside

Type of:: fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast
restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

v fasten with a lock

“lock the bike to the fence”

Antonyms:: unlock
become unlocked; unlock
open the lock of; show more antonyms...

Types:: padlock
fasten with a padlock; bolt
secure or lock with a bolt

Type of:: fasten, fix, secure
cause to be firmly attached

v 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”

Synonyms:: lock away, lock in, lock up, put away, shut away, shut up

Type of:: confine
prevent from leaving or from being removed

v keep engaged

Synonyms:: engage, mesh, operate

Antonyms:: disengage, withdraw
release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; flip, switch, throw
cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; ride
keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot; switch on, turn on
cause to operate by flipping a switch; cut, switch off, turn off, turn out
cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch

Type of:: displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

n 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

Synonyms:: lock chamber

Type of:: enclosure
a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose

v build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels

Type of:: build, construct, make
make by combining materials and parts

v pass by means through a lock in a waterway

Type of:: go across, go through, pass
go across or through

n a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun

Type of:: mechanism
device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function

v hold fast (in a certain state)

“He was locked in a laughing fit”

Type of:: overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

v become rigid or immoveable

“The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise”

Antonyms:: unlock
become unlocked

Type of:: engage
get caught

v become engaged or intermeshed with one another

“They were locked in embrace”

Synonyms:: interlock

Type of:: bosom, embrace, hug, squeeze
squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness

v hold in a locking position

“He locked his hands around her neck”

Synonyms:: interlace, interlock

Type of:: hold, take hold
have or hold in one's hands or grip

n any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured

Types:: hammerlock
a wrestling hold in which the opponent's arm is twisted up behind his back; headlock
a wrestling hold in which the opponent's head is locked between the crook of your elbow and the side of your body

Type of:: wrestling hold
a hold used in the sport of wrestling

n a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key

Synonyms:: ignition lock

Type of:: constraint, restraint
a device that retards something's motion

n a strand or cluster of hair

Synonyms:: curl, ringlet, whorl

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; sausage curl
a fat sausage-shaped curl; forelock
a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead; crimp
a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled; dreadlock
one of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp; popularized by Rastafarians; quiff
a prominent forelock (especially one brushed upward from the forehead); pin curl
a curl of hair made by dampening a strand of hair and curling it and holding the curl with a clip or bobby pin; kiss curl, spit curl
a spiral curl plastered on the forehead or cheek

Type of:: hair
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

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