Lock (Verb)
Meaning 1
Become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 2
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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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 3
Hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 4
Become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 5
Fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 6
Keep engaged; "engaged the gears".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 7
Hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit".
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Verbs of feeling.
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Meaning 8
Pass by means through a lock in a waterway.
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 9
Build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels.
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.