| VERB | contact | lock | fasten with a lock |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | lock, engage, mesh, operate | keep engaged | |
| change | lock | become rigid or immoveable | |
| contact | lock, interlock, interlace | hold in a locking position | |
| contact | lock, interlock | become engaged or intermeshed with one another | |
| emotion | lock | hold fast (in a certain state) | |
| contact | lock, lock in, lock away, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up | place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape | |
| motion | lock | pass by means through a lock in a waterway | |
| creation | lock | build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels | |
| NOUN | artifact | lock | a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed |
| body | lock, curl, ringlet, whorl | a strand or cluster of hair | |
| artifact | lock | a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun | |
| artifact | lock, lock chamber | enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level | |
| artifact | lock, ignition lock | a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key / key | |
| act | lock | any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured |
| Sounds | laa'k | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | aftershock ... woodcock: 87 rhymes with aak... | |
| Meaning | A fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of | door | A swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle |
| drawer | A boxlike container in a piece of furniture | |
| gate | A movable barrier in a fence or wall | |
| lid | A movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc. | |
| Parts | bolt, deadbolt | The part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key |
| keyhole | The hole where a key is inserted | |
| tumbler | A movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown | |
| Narrower | combination lock | lock that can be opened only by turning dials in a special sequence |
| cylinder lock | A lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt | |
| doorlock | A lock on an exterior door | |
| latch, door latch | spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key | |
| lever lock | A lock whose tumblers are levers that must be raised to a given position so that the bolt can move | |
| padlock | A detachable lock | |
| sash fastener, sash lock, window lock | A lock attached to the sashes of a double hung window that can fix both in the shut position | |
| Broader | fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing | restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place |
| Spanish | candado, cerradura | |
| Catalan | cadenat, pany | |
| Verbs | lock | fasten with a lock |
| Meaning | A strand or cluster of hair. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | curl, ringlet, whorl | |
| Part of | hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, coif | The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) |
| Narrower | crimp | A lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled |
| dreadlock | One of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp | |
| forelock | A lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead | |
| sausage curl | A fat sausage-shaped curl | |
| Broader | hair | A covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head) |
| Spanish | bucle, caracol, chicho, mecha, onda, rizo, rulo, sortija, tirabuzón | |
| Catalan | anella, bucle, cargol, floc, onda, rínxol, ris, rull, tirabuixó | |
| Meaning | A mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun. | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of | firearm, piece, small-arm | A portable gun |
| Broader | mechanism | device consisting of a piece of machinery |
| Spanish | cerrojo, llave | |
| Catalan | pany | |
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | lock chamber | |
| Part of | canal | long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation |
| Broader | enclosure | A structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed / enclosed for some purpose |
| Spanish | esclusa | |
| Catalan | resclosa | |
| Verbs | lock | build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels |
| lock | pass by means through a lock in a waterway | |
| Meaning | A restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key / key. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | ignition lock | |
| Part of | ignition switch | switch that operates a solenoid that closes a circuit to operate the starter |
| Broader | restraint, constraint | A device that retards something's motion / motion |
| Meaning | Any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | hammerlock | A wrestling hold in which the opponent's arm is twisted up behind his back |
| headlock | A wrestling hold in which the opponent's head is locked between the crook of your elbow and the side of your body | |
| Broader | wrestling hold | A hold used in the sport of wrestling |
| Verbs | lock | become engaged or intermeshed with one another |
| lock | hold in a locking position | |
| Meaning | Fasten with a lock. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "lock the bike to the fence" | |
| Narrower | bolt | Secure or lock with a bolt |
| padlock | Fasten with a padlock | |
| Broader | fasten, fix, secure | Cause to be firmly attached |
| See also | lock up | place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape |
| lock up | secure by locking | |
| Opposite | unlock | Become unlocked / unlocked |
| unlock | open the lock of | |
| Spanish | candar, cerrar | |
| Nouns | lock | a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed |
| locker | a fastener that locks or closes | |
| Meaning | Keep engaged. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | engage, mesh, operate | |
| Narrower | ride | Keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot |
| throw, flip, switch | Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Opposite | disengage, withdraw | Release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles |
| Spanish | engranar | |
| Catalan | encaixar, engranar | |
| Meaning | Become rigid or immoveable. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise" | |
| Broader | engage | Get caught |
| Opposite | unlock | Become unlocked / unlocked |
| Spanish | enrigidecer | |
| Catalan | enrigidir | |
| Meaning | hold in a locking position. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "He locked his hands around her neck" | |
| Synonyms | interlock, interlace | |
| Broader | hold, take hold | Have or hold in one's hands or grip |
| Spanish | entrelazar | |
| Catalan | entrellaçar | |
| Nouns | lock | any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured |
| Meaning | Become engaged or intermeshed with one another. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "They were locked in embrace" | |
| Synonym | interlock | |
| Broader | embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze | Squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness |
| Spanish | entrelazarse | |
| Nouns | lock | any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured |
| Meaning | hold fast (in a certain state). | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "He was locked in a laughing fit" | |
| Broader | overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake | Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli |
| Meaning | place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Examples |
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| Synonyms | lock in, lock away, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up | |
| Broader | confine | prevent from leaving or from being removed |
| Spanish | encerrar | |
| Meaning | pass by means through a lock in a waterway. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | pass | go across or through |
| Nouns | lock | enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level |
| lockage | passage through a lock in a canal or waterway | |
| lockage | a system of locks in a canal or waterway | |
| Meaning | build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | construct, build, make | make by combining materials and parts |
| Nouns | lock | enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level |
| lockage | a system of locks in a canal or waterway | |
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