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Lock

[n] any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
[n] a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
[n] a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
[n] 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
[n] a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
[n] a strand or cluster of hair
[v] become rigid or immoveable; of bones; "Don't lock your knees in this exercise"
[v] 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"
[v] fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence"
[v] keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
[v] become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace"
[v] hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck"
[v] build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
[v] hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit"
[v] pass by means through a lock in a waterway


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