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Noun
Definition: a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
Definition: a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
Definition: 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
Definition: a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
Definition: any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
Definition: Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
Definition: A tuft or length of hair, wool etc.
Verb
Definition: fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence"
Definition: become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
Definition: hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck"
Definition: become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace"
Definition: hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit"
Definition: 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"
Definition: pass by means through a lock in a waterway
Definition: build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
Definition: To become fastened in place.