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Defenition of the word lock

    • Defenition of the word lock

      • Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
      • A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
      • To fasten or secure a door, a window, a building by the operation of a lock or locks.
      • Any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured.
      • A firing mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun.
      • To become rigid or immoveable.
      • To hold in a locking position (e.g. in wrestling).
      • To hold fast (in a certain state, e.g. a fit of laughing).
      • keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
      • become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace"
      • any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
      • a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
      • a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
      • become rigid or immoveable; of bones; "Don't lock your knees in this exercise"
      • fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence"
      • hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit"
      • a strand or cluster of hair
      • a device incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
      • hold in a locking position: "He locked his hands around her neck"
      • section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it
      • 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"
      • any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent''s body is twisted or pressured
      • a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
      • 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
      • become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient''s knees tended to lock in this exercise"
      • hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck"
      • build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
      • pass by means through a lock in a waterway
      • become rigid or immoveable
      • place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
      • fasten with a lock
      • keep engaged
      • become engaged or intermeshed with one another
      • hold in a locking position
      • hold fast (in a certain state)

    Synonyms for the word lock

      • bar
      • bolt
      • brace
      • catch
      • clasp
      • clench
      • combination lock
      • curl
      • dead bolt
      • engage
      • fasten
      • fix in place
      • ignition lock
      • interlace
      • interlock
      • intertwine
      • join
      • link
      • lock away
      • lock chamber
      • lock in
      • lock up
      • lodge
      • mesh
      • operate
      • padlock
      • put away
      • ringlet
      • secure
      • security device
      • shut away
      • shut up
      • stiffen
      • strand
      • tighten
      • tress
      • tuft
      • unite
      • wedge
      • whorl
      • wisp

    Similar words in the lock

      • lock
      • lock away
      • lock in
      • lock up
      • lock's
      • lockable
      • locke
      • locke's
      • lockean
      • lockean's
      • locked
      • locker
      • locker's
      • lockers
      • locket
      • locket's
      • lockets
      • lockheed
      • lockheed's
      • locking
      • lockjaw
      • lockjaw's
      • lockout
      • lockout's
      • lockouts
      • locks
      • locksmith
      • locksmith's
      • locksmiths
      • lockstep
      • lockup
      • lockup's
      • lockups
      • lockwood
      • lockwood's
      • put away
      • shut away
      • shut up

    Meronymys for the word lock

      • bolt
      • canal
      • coiffure
      • deadbolt
      • door
      • drawer
      • firearm
      • gate
      • hair style
      • hairdo
      • ignition switch
      • keyhole
      • lid
      • piece
      • small-arm
      • tumbler

    Hyponyms for the word lock

      • bolt
      • combination lock
      • crimp
      • cylinder lock
      • door latch
      • doorlock
      • dreadlock
      • flip
      • forelock
      • hammerlock
      • headlock
      • latch
      • lever lock
      • padlock
      • ride
      • sash fastener
      • sash lock
      • sausage curl
      • switch
      • throw
      • window lock

    Hypernyms for the word lock

      • bosom
      • build
      • confine
      • constraint
      • construct
      • displace
      • embrace
      • enclosure
      • engage
      • fasten
      • fastener
      • fastening
      • fix
      • fixing
      • go across
      • go through
      • hair
      • hold
      • holdfast
      • hug
      • make
      • mechanism
      • move
      • overcome
      • overpower
      • overtake
      • overwhelm
      • pass
      • restraint
      • secure
      • squeeze
      • surname
      • sweep over
      • take hold
      • whelm
      • wrestling hold

    Antonyms for the word lock

      • disengage
      • unlock
      • withdraw

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