Definition of locks

"locks" in the noun sense

1. lock

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

2. lock, curl, ringlet, whorl

a strand or cluster of hair

3. lock

a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun

4. lock, lock chamber

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

5. lock, ignition lock

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

6. lock

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

"locks" 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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Quotations for locks

And her sunny locks
Hang on her temples like a golden fleece. [ William Shakespeare ]

Bright as does the morning star appear,
Out of the east with flaming locks bedight,
To tell the dawning day is drawing near. [ Spenser ]

That book in many's eyes doth share the glory,
That in gold clasps locks in the golden story. [ William Shakespeare ]

Thus, day by day, and month by month, we passed;
It pleased the Lord to take my spouse at last.
I tore my gown, I soiled my locks with dust.
And beat my breasts - as wretched widows must:
Before my face my handkerchief I spread,
To hide the flood of tears I did - not shed. [ Pope ]

I too was once a youth with curly locks, rich in courage and in hopes. [ Lortzing ]

The redundant locks, robustious to no purpose, clustering down - vast monument of strength. [ Milton ]

Long, glorious locks, which drop upon thy cheek like gold-hued cloudflakes on the rosy morn. [ Bailey ]

Her golden locks she roundly did uptie in braided trammels, that no looser hairs did out of order stray about her dainty ears. [ Spenser ]

A beau is one who arranges his curled locks gracefully, who ever smells of balm, and cinnamon; who hums the songs of the Nile, and Cadiz; who throws his sleek arms into various attitudes; who idles away the whole day among the chairs of the ladies and is ever whispering into some one's ear; who reads little billets-doux from this quarter and that, and writes them in return; who avoids ruffling his dress by contact with his neighbors sleeve, who knows with whom everybody is in love; who flutters from feast to feast, who can recount exactly the pedigree of Hirpinus. What do you tell me? is this a beau, Cotilus? Then a beau, Cotilus, is a very trifling thing. [ Martial ]

locks in Scrabble®

The word locks is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters locks:

LOCKS
(48)
SLOCK
(48)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word locks

LOCKS
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(36)
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The 138 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In locks

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(48)
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(45)
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locks in Words With Friends™

The word locks is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters locks:

SLOCK
(69)
LOCKS
(69)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word locks

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(14)
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(14)
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(13)

The 165 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In locks

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(69)
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(66)
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(63)
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(63)
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(52)
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Words within the letters of locks

2 letter words in locks (2 words)

3 letter words in locks (1 word)

4 letter words in locks (2 words)

5 letter words in locks (Anagrams) (2 words)

locks + 1 blank (6 words)

Word Growth involving locks

Shorter words in locks

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Longer words containing locks

airlocks hairlocks

alcolocks

armlocks

blocks antiblocks

blocks backblocks

blocks blockship blockships

blocks breechblocks

blocks cellblocks

blocks cinderblocks

blocks codeblocks

blocks gigablocks

blocks hawseblocks

blocks heartblocks

blocks iconblocks

blocks interblocks

blocks keelblocks

blocks kiloblocks

blocks megablocks

blocks multiblocks

blocks nerveblocks

blocks officeblocks

blocks reblocks

blocks roadblocks

blocks sketchblocks

blocks spamblocks

blocks stopblocks

blocks stumblingblocks

blocks subblocks

blocks superblocks

blocks swivelblocks

blocks unblocks sunblocks

blocks woodblocks

boxlocks

bullocks

caplocks

carlocks

clocks alarmclocks

clocks clocksmith clocksmiths

clocks downclocks

clocks ladyclocks

clocks miniclocks

clocks overclocks

clocks reclocks

clocks underclocks

clocks upclocks

daglocks

deadlocks

doorlocks

downlocks

dreadlocks

earlocks

enlocks genlocks

enlocks stenlocks

fetlocks

fetterlocks

flintlocks

flocks elflocks

gavelocks

gridlocks

hammerlocks

handlocks

havelocks

headlocks

hemlocks

hillocks

hoolocks

inlocks spinlocks

interlocks

killocks

lockset locksets

locksman

locksmen

locksmith clocksmith clocksmiths

locksmith locksmitheries

locksmith locksmithery

locksmith locksmithing locksmithings

locksmith locksmiths clocksmiths

lockstep locksteps

lockstitch lockstitched

lockstitch lockstitches

lockstitch lockstitching

lovelocks

matchlocks

oarlocks

overlocks

padlocks

picklocks

pollocks

powerlocks

relocks firelocks

relocks forelocks

schlocks

shlocks marshlocks

shylocks

sidelocks

sillocks

slockster slocksters

springlocks

stedlocks

stocklocks

taglocks

triggerlocks

underlocks

unlocks gunlocks

uplocks

warlocks

wedlocks

wristlocks

ziplocks