| Noun | 1. | lock - a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed |
| 2. | lock - a strand or cluster of hair | |
| 3. | lock - a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun | |
| 4. | lock - 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 itSynonyms: lock chamber | |
| 5. | lock - 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 | |
| 6. | lock - any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured | |
| Verb | 1. | lock - fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence" |
| 2. | lock - keep engaged; "engaged the gears" | |
| 3. | lock - become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise" Antonyms: unlock - become unlocked; "The door unlocked from the inside" | |
| 4. | lock - hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck" | |
| 5. | lock - become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace" Synonyms: interlock | |
| 6. | lock - hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit" | |
| 7. | lock - 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" | |
| 8. | lock - pass by means through a lock in a waterway | |
| 9. | lock - build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels |
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