Definition for Lock:

• keep engaged; " engaged the gears"

Synonyms for Lock:

• adv.

  •entirely (adverb)
  • completely.

• n.

  •
  • access time,
  • artificial intelligence,
  • authoring,
  • background processing,
  • connection,
  • junction,
  • grapple,
  • alpha test,
  • ABEND,
  • grip,
  • fixture,
  • device,
  • barrier,
  • batch,
  • ai,
  • A-D conversion,
  • authentication.
  •
  • browse,
  • burn-in,
  • capture,
  • snip,
  • back up,
  • twist,
  • archive,
  • tuft,
  • call up,
  • tress,
  • author,
  • access,
  • bunch,
  • burn,
  • plait.
  •
  • fix,
  • imprisoned,
  • connect,
  • confined,
  • in jail,
  • attach.
  •
  • bucket,
  • chamber,
  • wall,
  • cam,
  • ball bearing,
  • bearing,
  • carriage,
  • ancillary,
  • free,
  • camshaft.
  •
  • boxer,
  • bout,
  • bare-knuckle,
  • bantamweight,
  • corner,
  • cross,
  • boxing,
  • intern,
  • arm-wrestling,
  • count out,
  • box.
  •
  • exist,
  • lie,
  • concentrate,
  • sit,
  • belong,
  • there is/are etc.,
  • get,
  • stand.
  •
  • bight,
  • cataract,
  • confluence,
  • bottom,
  • bayou,
  • bed,
  • cascade,
  • backwater,
  • channel,
  • branch.
  •
  • close off,
  • jam something open/shut,
  • block off,
  • lock out.
  •
  • lower,
  • eye,
  • meet.
  •
  • forelock,
  • fuzz,
  • bristle,
  • hairline,
  • alopecia,
  • crowning glory,
  • frizz,
  • highlights.
  •act (noun)
  • lock.
  •assurance (noun)
  • pro mises,
  • pro-mise,
  • word honor,
  • shoo in,
  • pro mise,
  • rain shine,
  • shooin,
  • pro-mises,
  • lock ons.
  •body (noun)
  • ringlet,
  • curl,
  • whorl.
  •bolt (noun)
  • sliding bars.
  •certainty (noun)
  • staunchness,
  • inevitability,
  • sure bet,
  • definiteness,
  • surefire,
  • all sewn up,
  • inevitabilities,
  • open and shut case,
  • wrap-up,
  • Authoritativeness,
  • positivism.
  •closure (noun)
  • cork,
  • stopper,
  • choke,
  • plug.
  •device that fastens and bars free passage (noun)
  • bond,
  • catch,
  • clamp,
  • clinch,
  • link,
  • hasp,
  • clasp.
  •dock (noun)
  • embarkments,
  • landing piers.
  •fastener (noun)
  • hinge,
  • binding,
  • suture,
  • hawser,
  • spike,
  • cinch,
  • go-between,
  • agent,
  • bonding,
  • stitch,
  • medium,
  • nail,
  • staple,
  • anchor,
  • connector,
  • bracket,
  • ligament,
  • braid,
  • cotter,
  • knot,
  • zipper,
  • weld,
  • splice,
  • cleat,
  • snap,
  • rabbet,
  • brace,
  • binder,
  • guy,
  • vise,
  • clip,
  • mediator,
  • string,
  • mucilage,
  • tack,
  • knitting,
  • coupling,
  • belt,
  • paste,
  • hitch,
  • closure,
  • cincture,
  • strap,
  • buckle,
  • cement,
  • middleman,
  • pin,
  • Vinculum,
  • skewer,
  • lace,
  • tie,
  • stay,
  • fuse,
  • thread,
  • glue,
  • chain,
  • twine,
  • band.
  •gate (noun)
  • revolving doors.
  •guarantee (noun)
  • certification,
  • gage,
  • recognizance,
  • earnests,
  • recognizances,
  • gages,
  • Certifications.
  •hair (noun)
  • mane,
  • moustache,
  • vibrissa,
  • eyelashes,
  • Manes,
  • split end,
  • villus,
  • Villi,
  • cilium,
  • thatch,
  • frizzies,
  • split ends,
  • eyelash,
  • Vibrissae,
  • sideburns,
  • sideburn,
  • eyebrow,
  • thatches,
  • Downs,
  • eyebrows,
  • moustaches,
  • cowlick,
  • ruffs,
  • Cilia,
  • ruff.
  •hindrance (noun)
  • hang up,
  • foot dragging,
  • impedances,
  • Cumbrance,
  • impedance,
  • millstone,
  • excess baggage,
  • gridlock,
  • hangup,
  • jam-up.
  •hug (noun)
  • bunny hugs,
  • tight grips.
  •ignition lock (noun)
  • ignition lock.
  •put away (noun)
  • put away.
  •restriction (noun)
  • nono,
  • re-striction,
  • small difficulties,
  • nono's,
  • no no's,
  • no nos,
  • re strictions,
  • grain salt,
  • re-strictions,
  • re striction.
  •shut away (noun)
  • shut away.
  •sure thing (noun)
  • cert,
  • CERTS,
  • open-and-shut case,
  • safe bet,
  • sure-thing,
  • small risk,
  • dead certainty.

• v.

  •assure (verb)
  • has lock on,
  • haddest lock on,
  • makes sure,
  • had a lock on,
  • hast a lock on,
  • has a lock on,
  • making sure,
  • putting on ice,
  • hast lock on,
  • had lock on,
  • puts on ice,
  • have lock on,
  • hadst a lock on,
  • haddest a lock on,
  • putting ice,
  • nails down,
  • puts ice,
  • having lock on,
  • having a lock on,
  • in-sure,
  • hath lock on,
  • hadst lock on,
  • locks on,
  • hath a lock on,
  • nailing down,
  • put ice,
  • in sure.
  •bar (verb)
  • deadbolting,
  • deadbolted,
  • deadbolts.
  •close (verb)
  • barricade,
  • stop,
  • jam,
  • shut,
  • block.
  •embrace (verb)
  • takes arms,
  • taking arms,
  • bear hugging,
  • taking in arms,
  • bear hugged,
  • took in arms,
  • takes in arms,
  • took arms.
  •engage (verb)
  • inter locking,
  • inter meshing,
  • inter-locking,
  • switches on,
  • inter act,
  • inter-act,
  • inter lock,
  • inter play,
  • inter-laces,
  • inter-meshed,
  • gotten going,
  • inter plays,
  • inter meshed,
  • inter acts,
  • inter-acting,
  • inter locked,
  • interplayed,
  • inter locks,
  • inter meshes,
  • inter laces,
  • inter-lace,
  • gets going,
  • inter acting,
  • inter-play,
  • gat going,
  • inter-playing,
  • inter-lacing,
  • inter played,
  • inter mesh,
  • inter lacing,
  • inter-locks,
  • inter-mesh,
  • inter-locked,
  • inter-plays,
  • inter acted,
  • inter laced,
  • inter lace,
  • inter-laced,
  • inter-played,
  • inter playing,
  • inter-lock,
  • inter-acted,
  • inter-meshes,
  • inter-acts,
  • inter-meshing.
  •fasten (verb)
  • hitched on,
  • makes firm,
  • in fix,
  • hooks up,
  • co heres,
  • freezing to,
  • in fixing,
  • co here,
  • co-hering,
  • in-fixing,
  • co-heres,
  • in-fixed,
  • tacks on,
  • freezes to,
  • in-fix,
  • rivetted,
  • rivetting,
  • in-fixes,
  • stayed put,
  • making firm,
  • in fixed,
  • hitching on,
  • froze to,
  • tacked on,
  • co-here,
  • tacking on,
  • in fixes,
  • hooking up,
  • staid put,
  • stays put,
  • hitches on,
  • co hering.
  •fasten, clasp (verb)
  • mesh,
  • button up,
  • enclose,
  • clench,
  • press,
  • unite,
  • seal,
  • turn the key,
  • clutch,
  • entwine,
  • grasp,
  • encircle,
  • button.
  •hold (verb)
  • under-pinned,
  • up holds,
  • under-pinning,
  • up held,
  • under pinning,
  • up-holding,
  • shores up,
  • up-hold,
  • up hold,
  • under pinned,
  • under pins,
  • up-held,
  • under-pins,
  • up holding,
  • under-pin,
  • up-holds.
  •hug (verb)
  • holds onto,
  • takes ones arms,
  • keeping close,
  • folded arms,
  • take one's arms,
  • enbosoming,
  • were near to,
  • holding onto,
  • staying near,
  • folded in arms,
  • art near to,
  • took one arms,
  • taking in one arms,
  • take one arms,
  • wast near to,
  • following closely,
  • take in one arms,
  • take in ones arms,
  • lied close,
  • re-tain,
  • stayed near,
  • re tain,
  • wert near to,
  • taking ones arms,
  • take ones arms,
  • took ones arms,
  • takes one's arms,
  • fold arms,
  • taking in one's arms,
  • taking in ones arms,
  • stays near,
  • folds in arms,
  • lies close,
  • is near to,
  • took in one's arms,
  • re-tains,
  • takes in one arms,
  • lying close,
  • folding arms,
  • held onto,
  • folds arms,
  • took in one arms,
  • taking one arms,
  • takes in ones arms,
  • being near to,
  • lay close,
  • took one's arms,
  • followed closely,
  • taking one's arms,
  • enbosomed,
  • re tains,
  • took in ones arms,
  • enbosoms,
  • takes one arms,
  • staid near,
  • follows closely,
  • was near to,
  • folding in arms,
  • kept close,
  • takes in one's arms.
  •repress (verb)
  • keeps check,
  • keeps in check,
  • kept under wraps,
  • re-strain,
  • quelches,
  • over powered,
  • re-pressed,
  • over comes,
  • sub dues,
  • quelched,
  • throwing cold water on,
  • re-press,
  • over coming,
  • re strains,
  • re strained,
  • re strain,
  • quelching,
  • re pressed,
  • over-coming,
  • simmers down,
  • throws cold water on,
  • sub-due,
  • keeping under wraps,
  • jamming up,
  • kept in check,
  • over powers,
  • over come,
  • over powering,
  • gridlocking,
  • keeps in,
  • threw cold water on,
  • re straining,
  • re presses,
  • re-strains,
  • simmering down,
  • sub-dues,
  • re-strained,
  • kept check,
  • sub due,
  • over-powering,
  • keeping check,
  • simmered down,
  • keeps under wraps,
  • over-comes,
  • jammed up,
  • re-straining,
  • re pressing,
  • over-power,
  • re-pressing,
  • jams up,
  • over-powered,
  • keep check,
  • re press,
  • re-presses,
  • sub jugate.
  •secure (verb)
  • gotten hold of,
  • pro cured,
  • hooking on,
  • pro-cured,
  • gets hold of,
  • pro-curing,
  • battening down,
  • battened down,
  • hooks on,
  • pro curing,
  • gat hold of,
  • pro-cures,
  • buttoned down,
  • buttoning down,
  • pro cures,
  • pro-cure,
  • pro cure,
  • buttons down,
  • battens down.
  •set (verb)
  • de-posited,
  • de positing,
  • pre pares,
  • be-stow,
  • be stows,
  • pre pared,
  • intro-duces,
  • be-stowing,
  • pre paring,
  • de posited,
  • in stalled,
  • pre-paring,
  • in-stalling,
  • zeroing in,
  • pre-pare,
  • makes ready,
  • in-sert,
  • be stowing,
  • in sert,
  • in-stall,
  • in stalling,
  • be stow,
  • intro duces,
  • in-stalled,
  • be-stowed,
  • re sting,
  • de-positing,
  • zeroes in,
  • re-sting,
  • pre pare,
  • intro duce,
  • be-stows,
  • intro-duce,
  • be stowed,
  • pre-pared.
  •shut (verb)
  • dropping the curtain,
  • walls off,
  • dropt the curtain,
  • folding up,
  • dropping curtain,
  • walling off,
  • dropped curtain,
  • walled off,
  • dropt curtain,
  • folds up,
  • dropped the curtain,
  • closes down,
  • drops curtain,
  • drops the curtain,
  • folded up.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • leer,
  • glower,
  • fix with,
  • combination lock,
  • sluice,
  • bore into,
  • outstare,
  • dead bolt,
  • mortise lock,
  • stare down,
  • keyhole.
  •
  • safety,
  • lockdown,
  • deadlock,
  • Everything.
  •
  • confine.
  •
  • detain.
  •
  • gross.
  •clasp
  • hold fast.
  •close
  • shutter,
  • put to,
  • shuttered,
  • stoppered,
  • corking,
  • shuttering,
  • buttoned,
  • retard flow,
  • Buttoning,
  • corked,
  • occlude,
  • prevent passage,
  • stop up,
  • Stoppering,
  • stops up,
  • stopped up.
  •fasten
  • strung,
  • stay put,
  • freeze to,
  • Gluing,
  • make firm,
  • mortise,
  • trussed,
  • Mortised,
  • Riveted,
  • leash,
  • Mortising,
  • Wedging,
  • Stringed,
  • hook up,
  • Roped,
  • Moored,
  • tack on,
  • girthed,
  • roping,
  • moor,
  • Stringing,
  • staying put,
  • made firm,
  • Embedding,
  • wedged,
  • wedge,
  • girthing,
  • Trussing,
  • girth,
  • solder,
  • mortises,
  • glued,
  • hitch on.
  •rugby
  • scrum,
  • convert,
  • ruck,
  • scrum half,
  • the Triple Crown,
  • tackle,
  • conversion,
  • fifteen,
  • test match,
  • fly half,
  • touchdown,
  • prop,
  • Rugby League,
  • place kick,
  • try,
  • Australian Rules football,
  • conversion kick,
  • Rugby Union,
  • scrummage,
  • line-out,
  • rugby.
  •support
  • hold.

Paraphrases for Lock:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    locking.
  • Proper noun, singular
    locking, locked.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    locking, locked.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    Lock-down, lock-out, lock-up, latch, padlock.
  • Proper noun, singular
    lock-out, lock-up, lockdown, latch, latches, padlock, lockup, lockups.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    lock-out, lock-up, lockdown, airlock, latch, latches, padlock, gridlock, lockup.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    latch.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    blocks, farmers, Shots.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    keyhole, cotter, wick, foreclosure, loop, stopper, freezing.
  • Verb, past tense
    folded.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    blockading, Obstructing, thwarting, Resisting, standing.
  • Verb, past participle
    frozen.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    precludes, shuts, keeps, hardens, turns, draws.
  • Verb, base form
    ground, seen, lay, encase, consolidate.

Antonyms for Lock:

• n.

  • device that fastens and bars free passage
    key.
  • Other antonyms:
    long shot, dark horse, withdraw.

• v.

  • change
    unlock.
  • fasten, clasp
    release, unfasten, loosen, open, unclasp, disjoin, let go, disconnect, loose, refuse, unseal, unloose, separate, divide.

Lock Sentence Examples:

• How can he lock the door so as not to be interrupted?

• And with a firm hand she placed the key in the lock.

Homophones for Lock:

• lascaux, lichi, lhasa, luxe, lac wax, leakey, leakage, lxxiii, loess, loch, lochia, lush, lax, lassie, log, Lake Cayuga, leo xiii, lac, lachesis, leggy, lass, logic, leach, llullaillaco, lallygag, leo ix, lichee, less, leacock, Liliaceae, Lego, loloish, legs, laicize, leash, liza, lessee, loquacious, luke, luce, lexis, lxi, lug, lek, lagos, lasso, lychee, low-key, lewisia, lysis, laws, loligo, luck, losses, leigh, louis, lazy, lease, lygus, liege, lag, loco, lewis, lose, laugh away, lassa, lash, logy, Louis I, loach, lace, lilac, luge, leuciscus, leech, look, luik, lackey, Lugh, lasix, loxia, lucky, lachaise, loasaceae, louche, logos, log z's, lazio, loose, lake, laze, lxii, laicise, leak, lucy, lxiii, legacy, loki, lick, lxxi, lxx, like, locke, lycia, lacy, lxxxi, lox, lakh, lawless, lxxxii, lack, lyssa, lossy, liaise, leaky, lugosi, Louis Ix, leg, Louis Ii, lux, lake keuka, lx, lycosa, Leo X, lao-zi, likewise, luggage, Leo Esaki, Louis XI, look away, lockjaw, lxxxiii, league, leechee, laake, lock away, Lusaka, Louis Xiii, lollygag, lough, louse, lees, lxxx, Louis Iii, loss, Lech, logo, Lok, laos, loggia, Louis Xii, lilylike, lockage, locus, Louis X, laic, leek, lechwe, lisu, laius, lie awake, liliales, loos, loasa, lycee, loge, Louis Agassiz, liliaceous, lxxii, laugh, lousy, luscious, lucas, laack.

Holonyms for Lock:

• n.

  • artifact
    door, drawer, firearm, lid, small-arm, piece, gate.
  • body
    coif, hairstyle, hair style, hairdo, coiffure.

Hypernym for Lock:

• n.

  • act
    hammerlock, headlock.
  • artifact
    doorlock, sash fastener, window lock, latch, cylinder lock, door latch, padlock, combination lock, sash lock, lever lock.
  • body
    dreadlock, sausage curl, crimp, forelock.

• v.

  • contact
    bolt, padlock.

Hyponym for Lock:

• n.

  • act
    wrestling hold.
  • artifact
    fastener, mechanism, fixing, holdfast, fastening.
  • body
    hair.

• v.

  • change
    engage.
  • contact
    fix, fasten, secure.
  • creation
    construct, build, make.
  • emotion
    overwhelm, sweep over, overtake, overpower, whelm, overcome.
  • motion
    pass.

Meronym for Lock:

• n.

  • artifact
    deadbolt, tumbler, bolt, keyhole.