Synonyms:
lock
Meaning: become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
Synonyms:
lock, interlock, interlace
Meaning: hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck"
Synonyms:
interlock, lock
Meaning: become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace"
Synonyms:
lock
Meaning: hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit"
Synonyms:
lock_in, lock_away, lock, put_away, shut_up, shut_away, lock_up
Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
Lock the door.
You will lock your door?'
Why did you lock them in?
'Yes, I will lock my door.'
"If you'll open the lock again, I'll leave.
He passed his hand over it: no bolt, no lock!
Lock the door, Joe, so we won't be disturbed.
"Don't you get drunk, Mrs. Kebby, or I'll lock you up."
"He will lock it when he goes out," she commented to herself.
They were all through the air lock before the first truck appeared.