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locking |
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 locking blocking clocking interlocking locking locking pliers Overview of noun locking The noun locking has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. locking, lockup -- (the act of locking something up to protect it) 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 locking interlocking self-locking Overview of noun locking The noun locking has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. locking, lockup -- (the act of locking something up to protect it) 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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