Definitions For Lock

noun

• Any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
• A fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
• A restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
• 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 mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
• A strand or cluster of hair
• To fasten (something) with a lock
• To fasten the door, lid, etc., of (something) with a lock
• To become fastened with a lock

verb

• Become rigid or immoveable
• Place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
• Fasten with a lock
• Keep engaged
• Become engaged or intermeshed with one another
• Hold in a locking position
• Build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
• Hold fast (in a certain state)
• Pass by means through a lock in a waterway