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Lock

noun

1.

A fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed.

2.

A strand or cluster of hair. Synonyms: curl, ringlet, whorl.

3.

A mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun.

4.

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. Synonym: lock chamber.

5.

A restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key. Synonym: ignition lock.

6.

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

verb

(past & past part. locked; pres. part. locking)

1.

Fasten with a lock. Antonym: unlock.

2.

Keep engaged. Synonyms: engage, mesh, operate. Antonym: disengage.

3.

Become rigid or immoveable. Antonym: unlock.

4.

Hold in a locking position. Synonyms: interlace, interlock.

5.

Become engaged or intermeshed with one another. Synonym: interlock.

6.

Hold fast (in a certain state).

7.

Place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape. Synonyms: lock away, lock in, lock up, put away, shut away, shut up. "She locked her jewels in the safe"

8.

Pass by means through a lock in a waterway.

9.

Build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels.

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