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LOCK

Definition:

[noun] a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
[noun] a strand or cluster of hair
Synonyms: curl, ringlet, whorl
[noun] a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
[noun] 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
Synonyms: chamber
[noun] a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
Synonyms: ignition
[noun] any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
[verb] fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence"
[verb] keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
Synonyms: engage, mesh, operate
[verb] become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
[verb] hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck"
Synonyms: interinterlace
[verb] become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace"
Synonyms: inter
[verb] hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit"
[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"
Synonyms: in, away, put away, shut up, shut away, up
[verb] pass by means through a lock in a waterway
[verb] build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels