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lock |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb lock 2 of 9 senses of lock Sense 1 lock => padlock => bolt Sense 2 engage, mesh, lock, operate => throw, flip, switch => ride Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb lock 2 of 9 senses of lock Sense 1 lock => padlock => bolt Sense 2 engage, mesh, lock, operate => throw, flip, switch => switch on turn on => switch off cut, turn off turn out => kill => ride Entailment of verb lock Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb lock 9 senses of lock Sense 1 lock => fasten, fix, secure Also See-> lock up#2; lock up#1 Sense 2 engage, mesh, lock, operate => move displace Sense 3 lock => engage Sense 4 lock, interlock, interlace => hold take hold Sense 5 interlock, lock => embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze Sense 6 lock => overwhelm, overpower, sweep over whelm, overcome, overtake Sense 7 lock in lock away lock, put away shut up shut away lock up => confine Sense 8 lock => pass, go through go across Sense 9 lock => construct, build, make Familiarity of verb lock lock used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count = 9) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb lock Sense 1 lock => fasten, fix, secure -------------- Sense 2 engage, mesh, lock, operate => move displace -------------- Sense 3 lock => engage -------------- Sense 4 lock, interlock, interlace => hold take hold -------------- Sense 5 interlock, lock => embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze -------------- Sense 6 lock => overwhelm, overpower, sweep over whelm, overcome, overtake -------------- Sense 7 lock in lock away lock, put away shut up shut away lock up => confine -------------- Sense 8 lock => pass, go through go across -------------- Sense 9 lock => construct, build, make -------------- Grep of noun lock air lock airlock alarm clock ammonia clock atomic clock atrioventricular block auction block bad block ballock biological clock black hemlock block bollock breechblock building block bullock bullock block butcher block caesium clock california four o'clock canadian hemlock carolina hemlock caudal block cellblock chadlock charlock chopping block cinder block city block clock colorado four o'clock combination lock common four-o'clock cuckoo clock cylinder block cylinder lock damper block deadlock desert four o'clock doorlock douglas hemlock dreadlock eastern hemlock electric clock engine block fetlock firelock flintlock flock forelock four o'clock grandfather clock gridlock gunlock hammerlock handlock headlock heart block hemlock hillock ignition lock interlock jackson pollock jointed charlock lesser hemlock lever lock line block lock lock-gate lock-up option lock chamber lock washer lockage lockbox locke locker locker room locket locking locking pliers lockjaw lockkeeper lockman lockmaster locknut lockout lockring locksmith lockstitch lockup longcase clock matchlock measuring block mental block mountain four o'clock mountain hemlock oarlock office block pacific hemlock padlock paracervical block pendulum clock pillow block poison hemlock pollock pudendal block pulley-block roadblock rowlock safety lock sash lock scalp lock schlock scribbling block scribing block shepherd's clock sherlock shlock shylock sketchblock snatch block spotted hemlock spotted water hemlock square block starting block stumbling block sunblock swage block sweet four o'clock system clock time clock tower block trailing four o'clock trap block turret clock vapor lock vapour lock wall clock warlock water clock water hemlock wedlock west coast hemlock western hemlock wheel lock window lock wood block writer's block 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; of bones; "Don't lock your knees 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) Grep of adj lock around-the-clock chockablock locked locker-room round-the-clock 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; of bones; "Don't lock your knees 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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