How to pronounce lock

Lock

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Pronounce Lock as L OW K K.

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to secure something so it can’t be opened except with a key or other method

lock(noun)

a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed

lock, curl, ringlet, whorl(noun)

a strand or cluster of hair

lock(noun)

a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun

lock, lock chamber(noun)

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

lock, ignition lock(noun)

a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key

lock(verb)

any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured

lock(verb)

fasten with a lock

"lock the bike to the fence"

engage, mesh, lock, operate(verb)

keep engaged

"engaged the gears"

lock(verb)

become rigid or immoveable

"The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"

lock, interlock, interlace(verb)

hold in a locking position

"He locked his hands around her neck"

interlock, lock(verb)

become engaged or intermeshed with one another

"They were locked in embrace"

lock(verb)

hold fast (in a certain state)

"He was locked in a laughing fit"

lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up(verb)

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"

lock(verb)

pass by means through a lock in a waterway

lock(verb)

build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels

one that is certain to succeed

the governor is regarded as a lock for his party's presidential nomination

I always lock my room.

I saw a flock of sheep.

I have to lock this door.

I forgot to lock the door.

I need to unlock this door.

I told you to lock the door.

There is no clock in my room.

I changed the lock on my door.

I forgot to lock the storeroom.

I forgot to lock the front door.

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