· a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
Hypernym(s): fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
· a strand or cluster of hair
Synonym(s): curl, ringlet, whorl
Hypernym(s): hair
· a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
Hypernym(s): mechanism
· 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
Synonym(s): lock_chamber
Hypernym(s): enclosure
· a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
Synonym(s): ignition_lock
Hypernym(s): restraint, constraint
· any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
Hypernym(s): wrestling_hold
· fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence"
Hypernym(s): fasten, fix, secure
· keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
Synonym(s): engage, mesh, operate
· become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
Hypernym(s): engage
Antonym(s): unlock
· hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck"
Synonym(s): interlock, interlace
· become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace"
Synonym(s): interlock
Hypernym(s): embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze
· hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit"
Hypernym(s): overwhelm, overpower, sweep_over, whelm, overcome, overtake
· 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"
Synonym(s): lock_in, lock_away, put_away, shut_up, shut_away, lock_up
Hypernym(s): confine
· pass by means through a lock in a waterway
Hypernym(s): pass
· build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
Hypernym(s): construct, build, make