Locks Meaning

There are 15 meaning(s) for word Locks

Meaning 1 : a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key

    Synonyms : ignition lock
Meaning 2 : place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

    Example : The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend,She locked her jewels in the safe

    Synonyms : lock away,  lock in,  lock up,  put away,  shut away,  shut up
Meaning 3 : 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 : lock chamber
Meaning 4 : hold in a locking position

    Example : He locked his hands around her neck

    Synonyms : interlace,  interlock
Meaning 5 : keep engaged

    Synonyms : engage,  mesh,  operate
Meaning 6 : a strand or cluster of hair

    Synonyms : curl,  ringlet,  whorl
Meaning 7 : become engaged or intermeshed with one another

    Example : They were locked in embrace

    Synonyms : interlock
Meaning 8 : a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed

Meaning 9 : a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun

Meaning 10 : any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured

Meaning 11 : become rigid or immoveable

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

Meaning 12 : build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels

Meaning 13 : fasten with a lock

    Example : lock the bike to the fence

Meaning 14 : hold fast (in a certain state)

    Example : He was locked in a laughing fit

Meaning 15 : pass by means through a lock in a waterway

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How to Pronounce Locks

  • lɑk