locks

Meanings

Noun

• a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
• a strand or cluster of hair
• a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
• 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
• a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
• any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
• plural of lock
• A head of hair; tresses.
• Dreadlocks.

Verb

• fasten with a lock
• keep engaged
• become rigid or immoveable
• hold in a locking position
• become engaged or intermeshed with one another
• hold fast (in a certain state)
• place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
• pass by means through a lock in a waterway
• build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
• third-person singular simple present indicative of lock

Synonyms

curl, dreads, engage, ignition lock, interlace, interlock, lock, lock away, lock chamber, lock in, lock up, mesh, operate, put away, ringlet, shut away, shut up, whorl

Antonyms

disengage, unlock