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noun : LOCKS
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed ;
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3. (
) a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun ;
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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 ;
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5. (
) a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key ;
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6. (
) any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured ;
verb : LOCKS
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence" ;
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3. (
) become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise" ;
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4. (
) hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck" ;
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5. (
) become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace" ;
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6. (
) hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit" ;
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7. (
) 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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8. (
) pass by means through a lock in a waterway ;
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9. (
) build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels ;
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