lock

What does lock mean?

• noun

  a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key

• noun

  any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured

• verb

  become rigid or immoveable

• verb

  build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels

• verb

  fasten with a lock

• verb

  hold fast (in a certain state)

• verb

  pass by means through a lock in a waterway

• verb

  place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

• 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

• verb

  hold in a locking position

• verb

  keep engaged

• noun

  a strand or cluster of hair

• verb

  become engaged or intermeshed with one another

• noun

  a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed

• noun

  a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun

Anagrams of lock