"locked" in the verb sense

1. lock

fasten with a lock

"lock the bike to the fence"

2. engage, mesh, lock, operate

keep engaged

"engaged the gears"

3. lock

become rigid or immoveable

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

4. lock, interlock, interlace

hold in a locking position

"He locked his hands around her neck"

5. interlock, lock

become engaged or intermeshed with one another

"They were locked in embrace"

6. lock

hold fast (in a certain state

"He was locked in a laughing fit"

7. lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up

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"

8. lock

pass by means through a lock in a waterway

9. lock

build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels

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