Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: lock
IPA transcription: [l'ɑk]
Pronunciations of lock
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: lock
    Meaning: a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
  • Synonyms: lock, curl, ringlet, whorl
    Meaning: a strand or cluster of hair
  • Synonyms: lock
    Meaning: a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: lock
    Meaning: fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence"
  • Synonyms: engage, mesh, lock, operate
    Meaning: keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
  • 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.
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