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- pronunciation:
- lak
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A lock is something that keeps doors, windows, and other things closed. A lock also keeps people from getting into something or taking something that is not theirs.
The numbers to open my bicycle lock are easy to remember.Rebecca uses the lock on her bedroom door because she doesn't want her little brother to play with her things.
- similar words:
- bolt, catch, clasp, latch, safety
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| definition 2: |
A lock is a part of a canal that is closed off with gates. In a lock, the level of water can be changed to let a ship or boat move from one level of water to another.
The water is higher in this lake than in the other lake, so there is a lock in the canal between the lakes that helps boats go from one lake to the other. |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
locks, locking, locked |
| definition 1: |
When you lock something, you use a lock to keep something closed or to keep something safe.
Natalia locks her jewelry box with a very small key.We couldn't play on the tennis courts because someone locked the gate.- synonyms:
- fasten
- antonyms:
- unlock
- similar words:
- bar, seal, secure
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| definition 2: |
If you lock someone in a place, you put them in a place and make them stay there by using a lock.
The sheriff locked the prisoner in a cell.In the story, the wicked stepmother locked Cinderella in her room.- synonyms:
- confine
- similar words:
- cage, enclose, seal, secure
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| definition 3: |
If something locks, it closes in a way that keeps it from opening again.
The door locked as it closed behind me.- similar words:
- catch
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| related words: |
close |
| derivation: |
lockable (adj.) |
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