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| Sounds | laa'k |
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| Rhymes | aftershock, antiknock, Antioch, and 82 more rhymes in aak at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed. |
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| Part of | door; drawer; gate; lid |
| Parts | bolt, deadbolt; keyhole; tumbler |
| Narrower | combination lock; cylinder lock; doorlock; latch, door latch; lever lock; padlock; sash fastener, sash lock, window lock |
| Broader | fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing |
| Verbs | lock |
| Meaning | A strand or cluster of hair. |
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| Synonyms | curl, ringlet, whorl |
| Part of | hairdo, hair style, coiffure |
| Narrower | sausage curl; forelock; crimp; dreadlock |
| Broader | hair |
| Meaning | A mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun. |
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| Part of | firearm, piece, small-arm |
| Broader | mechanism |
| Meaning | 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. |
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| Synonyms | lock chamber |
| Part of | canal |
| Broader | enclosure |
| Verbs | lock; lock |
| Meaning | A restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key. |
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| Synonyms | ignition lock |
| Part of | ignition switch |
| Broader | restraint, constraint |
| Meaning | Any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured. |
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| Narrower | hammerlock; headlock |
| Broader | wrestling hold |
| Verbs | lock; lock |
| Meaning | Fasten with a lock. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "lock the bike to the fence" |
| Narrower | padlock; bolt |
| Broader | fasten, fix, secure |
| Contrary | unlock; unlock |
| See also | lock up; lock up |
| Nouns | locker; lock |
| Meaning | Keep engaged. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | engage, mesh, operate |
| Narrower | throw, flip, switch; ride |
| Broader | move, displace |
| Contrary | disengage, withdraw |
| Meaning | Become rigid or immoveable. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise" |
| Broader | engage |
| Contrary | unlock |
| Meaning | Hold in a locking position. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "He locked his hands around her neck" |
| Synonyms | interlock, interlace |
| Broader | hold, take hold |
| Nouns | lock |
| Meaning | Become engaged or intermeshed with one another. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "They were locked in embrace" |
| Synonyms | interlock |
| Broader | embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze |
| Nouns | lock |
| Meaning | Hold fast (in a certain state). |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
| Examples | "He was locked in a laughing fit" |
| Broader | overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake |
| Meaning | Place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe" |
| Synonyms | lock in, lock away, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up |
| Broader | confine |
| Meaning | Pass by means through a lock in a waterway. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
| Broader | pass, go through, go across |
| Nouns | lockage; lock; lockage |
| Meaning | Build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Broader | construct, build, make |
| Nouns | lock; lockage |