Lock

v. fasten shut with a lock; confine by means of a lock; make immovable, fix in place; intertwine, link firmly together; move through a lock or locks (of a vessel); be fastened shut; become immobile; be held in place

n. fastening mechanism which is opened with a key or other device; section of a waterway which is closed off by gates at either end; device in a firearm which explodes the charge; wrestling hold; secure grip; portion of hair, curl of hair

For information on "locked" Wikipedia pages, see Wikipedia:Protection policy.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

Noun
1. a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
(hypernym) fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
(hyponym) combination lock
(part-holonym) gate
(part-meronym) bolt, deadbolt
2. a strand or cluster of hair
(synonym) curl, ringlet, whorl
(hypernym) hair
(hyponym) sausage curl
(part-holonym) hairdo, hair style, coiffure
3. a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
(hypernym) mechanism
(part-holonym) firearm, piece, small-arm
4. 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
(synonym) lock chamber
(hypernym) enclosure
(part-holonym) canal
5. a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
(synonym) ignition lock
(hypernym) restraint, constraint
(part-holonym) ignition switch
6. any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
(hypernym) wrestling hold
(hyponym) hammerlock
(derivation) interlock
Verb
1. fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence"
(antonym) unlock
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
(hyponym) padlock
(see-also) lock in, lock away, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up
2. keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
(synonym) engage, mesh, operate
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) throw, flip, switch
3. become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
(antonym) unlock
(hypernym) engage
4. hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck"
(synonym) interlock, interlace
(hypernym) hold, take hold
5. become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace"
(synonym) interlock
(hypernym) embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze
6. hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit"
(hypernym) overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
7. 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"
(synonym) lock in, lock away, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up
(hypernym) confine
8. pass by means through a lock in a waterway
(hypernym) pass, go through, go across
(derivation) lock chamber
9. build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
(hypernym) construct, build, make
(derivation) lock chamber

v. entice, tempt, lure, seduce, decoy

n. Locke, family name; John Locke (1632-1704), English philosopher; Alain Locke (1886-1954), American educator and philospher