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(verb) become rigid or immoveable; of bones; "Don't lock your knees in this exercise" |
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Related Words: engage |
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Antonyms: unlock |
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(noun) any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured |
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Related Words: hammerlock, headlock, wrestling hold |
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(verb) fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence" |
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Related Words: bolt, fasten, fix, padlock, secure |
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Antonyms: unlock |
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(verb) hold in a locking position: "He locked his hands around her neck" |
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Synonyms: interlace, interlock |
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Related Words: hold, take hold |
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(verb) hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit" |
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Related Words: overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm |
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(noun) a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed |
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Related Words: combination lock, cylinder lock, doorlock, fastener, fastening, holdfast, latch, lever lock, padlock, sash fastener, sash lock, window lock |
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(noun) a device 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 |
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Related Words: constraint, restraint |
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(noun) 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 |
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Related Words: enclosure |
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(noun) a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun |
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Related Words: mechanism |
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(noun) a strand or cluster of hair |
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Synonyms: curl, ringlet, whorl |
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Related Words: crimp, forelock, hair, sausage curl |
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(verb) become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace" |
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Synonyms: interlock |
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Related Words: bosom, embrace, hug, squeeze |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: lock away, lock in, lock up, put away, shut away, shut up |
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Related Words: confine |
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(verb) keep engaged; "engaged the gears" |
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Synonyms: engage, mesh, operate |
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Related Words: displace, flip, move, ride, switch, throw |
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