Definition of lock | What does lock mean?
What is the definition of the word LOCK?
Here is a list of definitions for 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
What are the verbs of the word LOCK?
Here is a list of definitions for lock.
- 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
What are the synonyms of the word LOCK?
What is another word for LOCK?. Here is a list of synonyms for LOCK
Words beginning with LOCK?
We only list the first 50 results for words beginning with LOCK.
- lockups
- lockup
- lockstitching
- lockstitches
- lockstitched
- lockstitch
- locksteps
- lockstep
- locksmiths
- locksmithings
- locksmithing
- locksmith
- locksmen
- locksman
- locks
- lockrams
- lockram
- lockpicks
- lockpick
- lockouts
- lockout
- locknuts
- locknut
- lockmen
- lockman
- lockkeepers
- lockkeeper
- lockjaws
- lockjaw
- locking
- lockhouses
- lockhouse
- lockfuls
- lockful
- lockfast
- lockets
- locket
- lockers
- locker
- locked
- lockdowns
- lockdown
- lockboxes
- lockbox
- lockaways
- lockaway
- lockages
- lockage
- lockable
- lock
In which dictionaries does the word lock exist?
English International (SOWPODS) - Yes
English USA (TWL 98) - Yes
English USA (TWL 06) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2012) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2007) - Yes
Words with Friends (WWF) - Yes
Enable1 (ENABLE1) - Yes
Letterpress (LETTERPRESS) - Yes