lock
1. a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed (Freq. 6)
• Hypernyms:
fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
• Hyponyms:
combination lock, cylinder lock, doorlock, latch, door latch,
lever lock, padlock, sash fastener, sash lock, window lock
• Part Holonyms:
gate, drawer, door, lid
• Part Meronyms:
bolt, deadbolt, keyhole, tumbler
2. a strand or cluster of hair (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
curl, ringlet, whorl
• Derivationally related forms:
curly (for: curl), curl (for: curl)
• Hypernyms:
hair
• Hyponyms:
sausage curl, forelock, crimp, dreadlock
• Part Holonyms:
hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, coif
3. a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
mechanism
• Part Holonyms:
firearm, piece, small-arm
4. 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
• Syn:
lock chamber
• Hypernyms:
enclosure
• Part Holonyms:
canal
5. a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
• Syn:
ignition lock
• Hypernyms:
restraint, constraint
• Part Holonyms:
ignition switch
6. any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
• Hypernyms:
wrestling hold
• Hyponyms:
hammerlock, headlock
1. fasten with a lock (Freq. 8)
- lock the bike to the fence
• Ant:
unlock
• See Also:
lock up
• Derivationally related forms:
locker
• Hypernyms:
fasten, fix, secure
• Hyponyms:
padlock, bolt
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. keep engaged (Freq. 7)
- engaged the gears
• Syn:
engage, mesh, operate
• Ant:
disengage (for: engage)
• Derivationally related forms:
operation (for: operate), mesh (for: mesh), meshing (for: mesh), engagement (for: engage)
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
throw, flip, switch, ride
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. become rigid or immoveable (Freq. 4)
- The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise
• Ant:
unlock
• Hypernyms:
engage
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
4. hold in a locking position (Freq. 2)
- He locked his hands around her neck
• Syn:
interlock, interlace
• Derivationally related forms:
interlock (for: interlock)
• Hypernyms:
hold, take hold
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
5. become engaged or intermeshed with one another (Freq. 2)
- They were locked in embrace
• Syn:
interlock
• Derivationally related forms:
interlocking (for: interlock)
• Hypernyms:
embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
6. hold fast (in a certain state) (Freq. 1)
- He was locked in a laughing fit
• Hypernyms:
overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
7. place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape (Freq. 1)
- The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend
- She locked her jewels in the safe
• Syn:
lock in, lock away, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up
• Derivationally related forms:
lockup (for: lock up)
• Hypernyms:
confine
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
8. pass by means through a lock in a waterway
• Derivationally related forms:
lockage
• Hypernyms:
pass, go through, go across
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
9. build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
• Derivationally related forms:
lockage
• Hypernyms:
construct, build, make
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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