lock
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
To fasten or secure something with a mechanical device used for keeping things fastened.
Framework senses
- §1
- To fasten or secure something with a mechanical device used for keeping things fastened.
- §1
- become rigid or immoveable
- §2
- put in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
- §3
- fasten with a lock
- §4
- keep engaged
- §5
- become engaged or intermeshed with one another
- §6
- to hold in a locking position
- §7
- build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
- §8
- hold fast in a certain state
- §9
- pass by means through a lock in a waterway