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lock meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of lock at MeaningMonkey.org. lock meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.LOCK noun
Definition of lock (noun)
- a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
- a strand or cluster of hair
- a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
- 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
- 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
- any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
LOCK verb
Definition of lock (verb)
- fasten with a lock
- "lock the bike to the fence"
- antonym: unlock
- keep engaged
- become rigid or immoveable
- "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
- antonym: unlock
- hold in a locking position
- become engaged or intermeshed with one another
- "They were locked in embrace"
- synonyms: interlock
- hold fast (in a certain state)
- "He was locked in a laughing fit"
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
- pass by means through a lock in a waterway
- build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
Source: Princeton University Wordnet