lock
Definition of
lock
:
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
a
restraint
incorporated
into the
ignition
switch
to
prevent
the
use
of
a
vehicle
by
persons
who
do
not
have
the
key
any
wrestling
hold
in
which
some
part
of the
opponent
'
s
body
is
twisted
or
pressured
fasten
with
a
lock
;
"
lock
the
bike
to the
fence
"
keep
engaged
;
"
engaged
the gears"
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
"
become
engaged
or
intermeshed
with
one
another
;
"They were locked
in
embrace
"
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
;
"The parents locked her
daughter
up
for the
weekend
"
;
"She locked her jewels
in
the
safe
"
pass
by
means
through
a
lock
in
a
waterway
build
locks
in
order
to
facilitate
the
navigation
of vessels
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