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    lock - Dictionary definition and meaning for word lock

    Definition
    (noun) a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed Definition
    (noun) a strand or cluster of hair
    Synonyms : curl , ringlet , whorl
    Definition
    (noun) a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun Definition
    (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
    Synonyms : lock chamber
    Definition
    (noun) 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
    Definition
    (noun) any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured Definition
    (verb) fasten with a lock
    Example Sentence
    • lock the bike to the fence
    Definition
    (verb) keep engaged
    Synonyms : engage , mesh , operate
    Example Sentence
    • engaged the gears
    Definition
    (verb) become rigid or immoveable
    Example Sentence
    • The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise
    Definition
    (verb) hold in a locking position
    Synonyms : interlace , interlock
    Example Sentence
    • He locked his hands around her neck
    Definition
    (verb) become engaged or intermeshed with one another
    Synonyms : interlock
    Example Sentence
    • They were locked in embrace
    Definition
    (verb) hold fast (in a certain state)
    Example Sentence
    • He was locked in a laughing fit
    Definition
    (verb) place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
    Example Sentence
    • The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend
    • She locked her jewels in the safe
    Definition
    (verb) pass by means through a lock in a waterway Definition
    (verb) build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels

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text: We should put a lock on the knife drawer.
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