lock

Sense 1 noun

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

Sense 2 verb

fasten with a lock

lock the bike to the fence

Sense 3 noun

a strand or cluster of hair

Sense 4 verb

keep engaged

engaged the gears

Sense 5 noun

a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun

Sense 6 verb

become rigid or immoveable

The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise

Sense 7 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

Sense 8 verb

hold in a locking position

He locked his hands around her neck

Sense 9 noun

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

Sense 10 verb

become engaged or intermeshed with one another

They were locked in embrace

Sense 11 noun

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

Sense 12 verb

hold fast (in a certain state)

He was locked in a laughing fit

Sense 13 verb

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

The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend

Sense 14 verb

pass by means through a lock in a waterway

Sense 15 verb

build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels