ENGLISH: lock - CREOLE: bloke



Overview of noun lock



The noun lock has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (6) lock -- (a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed)

2. (2) lock, curl, ringlet, whorl -- (a strand or cluster of hair)

3. (1) lock -- (a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun)

4. lock, lock chamber -- (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)

5. lock, ignition lock -- (a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key)

6. lock -- (any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured)



Overview of verb lock



The verb lock has 9 senses (first 7 from tagged texts)



1. (8) lock -- (fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence")

2. (7) engage, mesh, lock, operate -- (keep engaged; "engaged the gears")

3. (4) lock -- (become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise")

4. (2) lock, interlock, interlace -- (hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck")

5. (2) interlock, lock -- (become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace")

6. (1) lock -- (hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit")

7. (1) lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up -- (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")

8. lock -- (pass by means through a lock in a waterway)

9. lock -- (build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels)

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