lock | any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured |
airlock air lock | a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure |
combination lock | lock that can be opened only by turning dials in a special sequence |
cylinder lock | a lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt, tumblers are pins, inserting the key lifts and aligns the pins to free the cylinder to rotate |
lever lock | a lock whose tumblers are levers that must be raised to a given position so that the bolt can move |
lock | a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed |
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 |
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 |
lock | a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun |
lock-gate | a gate that can be locked |
lockring lock ring lock washer | washer that prevents a nut from loosening |
mortise mortice | a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint |
mortise joint mortise-and-tenon joint | a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other |
safety bolt safety lock | a bolt that cannot be moved from outside the door or gate |
safety catch safety lock | guard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon from being fired |
sash fastener sash lock window lock | a lock attached to the sashes of a double hung window that can fix both in the shut position |
vapor lock vapour lock | a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internalombustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor) |
wheel lock | an obsolete gunlock using flint and a revolving wheel |
lock curl ringlet whorl | a strand or cluster of hair |
scalp lock | a long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head |
ankle ankle joint mortise joint articulatio talocruralis | a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus |
lock-up option | an option to buy the crown jewels offered to a white knight in order to forestall a hostile takeover |
lock | become rigid or immoveable, The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise |
mortice mortise | join by a tenon and mortise |
mortise mortice | cut a hole for a tenon in |
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 |
lock in seal in | close with or as if with a tight seal, This vacuum pack locks in the flavor! |
lock | fasten with a lock, lock the bike to the fence |
lock up | secure by locking, lock up the house before you go on vacation |
engage mesh lock operate | keep engaged, engaged the gears |
interlock lock | become engaged or intermeshed with one another, They were locked in embrace |
lock interlock interlace | hold in a locking position, He locked his hands around her neck |
lock | build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels |
lock | hold fast (in a certain state), He was locked in a laughing fit |
lock | pass by means through a lock in a waterway |
lock out | prevent employees from working during a strike |