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- pronunciation:
- lak
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- lock up
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a mechanical device for preventing entry through a door or window or into a safe, usu. opened with a key or combination.
Fearful, they put another lock on their door.He closed the trunk and attached a heavy lock.The thief picked the lock of the safe.
- similar words:
- bolt, catch, clasp, latch, padlock, safety
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definition 2: |
part of a waterway that is closed off with gates that allow water levels to be changed in order for ships to pass through.
- similar words:
- floodgate, penstock, sluice, water gate
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definition 3: |
a wrestling hold.
- synonyms:
- half nelson, nelson
- similar words:
- clench, clutch, grapple, grip, hold
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definition 4: |
(informal) a secure grip on or grasp of something.
He has a lock on the tennis championship.- synonyms:
- clinch
- similar words:
- clutch, grasp, grip, hold
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
locks, locking, locked |
definition 1: |
to make secure by means of a lock.
We locked all of the doors when we left.- synonyms:
- bolt, fasten, padlock
- antonyms:
- unlock
- similar words:
- bar, clamp, latch, seal, secure
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definition 2: |
to confine or imprison (usu. fol. by "up or "in").
The sheriff locked up the prisoner.In the story, the wicked stepmother locked Cinderella in her room.- synonyms:
- confine, imprison, incarcerate, jail, shut up
- similar words:
- cage, coop, enclose, immure, impound, pen, seal, secure
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definition 3: |
to hold together by linking or intertwining.
We locked arms as the police came.- synonyms:
- connect, join, link
- similar words:
- entwine, interlock, twine, twist
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related words: |
bolt, close |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition 1: |
to become locked or fastened.
The door locked as it closed.- synonyms:
- fasten
- antonyms:
- unlock
- similar words:
- catch
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definition 2: |
to become shut together.
His jaws locked.- synonyms:
- bond, shut
- similar words:
- catch, clinch, grip
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definition 3: |
to become immovable, as the gears in a machine.
The gears locked and the machine shut down.- synonyms:
- freeze, jam, stick
- similar words:
- catch, fail, malfunction, seize up
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phrase: |
lock up |
derivation: |
lockable (adj.) |
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