lock
Definition
- n. a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
- n. a strand or cluster of hair
- n. a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
- n. 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
Word forms
- Past participle
- locked
- Past tense
- locked
- Present participle
- locking
- Third person singular
- locks
Example sentences
n.
She used a key to open the lock on the front door.
vt.
Please lock the door before you leave the house.
vi.
The gears lock together smoothly when the machine starts.