| locke | | |
| n. (person) | 1. john locke, locke | English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704). |
| ~ philosopher | a specialist in philosophy. |
| latch | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. door latch, latch | spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key. |
| ~ lock | a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. latch | catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove. |
| ~ catch | a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window. |
| v. (contact) | 3. latch | fasten with a latch.; "latch the door" |
| ~ fasten, fix, secure | cause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" |
| lock | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. lock | a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed. |
| ~ deadbolt, bolt | the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ door | a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle.; "he knocked on the door"; "he slammed the door as he left" |
| ~ doorlock | a lock on an exterior door. |
| ~ drawer | a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out. |
| ~ fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing | restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place. |
| ~ gate | a movable barrier in a fence or wall. |
| ~ keyhole | the hole where a key is inserted. |
| ~ door latch, latch | spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key. |
| ~ lever lock | a lock whose tumblers are levers that must be raised to a given position so that the bolt can move. |
| ~ lid | a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc..; "he raised the piano lid" |
| ~ padlock | a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ tumbler | a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown. |
| n. (body) | 2. curl, lock, ringlet, whorl | a strand or cluster of hair. |
| ~ hair | a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss.; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells" |
| ~ coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle | the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair). |
| ~ sausage curl | a fat sausage-shaped curl. |
| ~ forelock | a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead. |
| ~ crimp | a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled. |
| ~ dreadlock | one of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp; popularized by Rastafarians. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. lock | a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun. |
| ~ firearm, small-arm, piece | a portable gun.; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster" |
| ~ mechanism | device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function. |
| n. (artifact) | 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. |
| ~ canal | long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation. |
| ~ enclosure | a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. ignition lock, lock | a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key. |
| ~ ignition switch | switch that operates a solenoid that closes a circuit to operate the starter. |
| ~ constraint, restraint | a device that retards something's motion.; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted" |
| n. (act) | 6. lock | any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured. |
| ~ wrestling hold | a hold used in the sport of wrestling. |
| ~ hammerlock | a wrestling hold in which the opponent's arm is twisted up behind his back. |
| ~ headlock | a wrestling hold in which the opponent's head is locked between the crook of your elbow and the side of your body. |
| v. (contact) | 7. lock | fasten with a lock.; "lock the bike to the fence" |
| ~ fasten, fix, secure | cause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" |
| ~ padlock | fasten with a padlock. |
| ~ bolt | secure or lock with a bolt.; "bolt the door" |
| v. (contact) | 8. engage, lock, mesh, operate | keep engaged.; "engaged the gears" |
| ~ flip, switch, throw | cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation.; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever" |
| ~ ride | keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot.; "Don't ride the clutch!" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (change) | 9. lock | become rigid or immoveable.; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise" |
| ~ engage | get caught.; "make sure the gear is engaged" |
| v. (contact) | 10. interlace, interlock, lock | hold in a locking position.; "He locked his hands around her neck" |
| ~ hold, take hold | have or hold in one's hands or grip.; "Hold this bowl for a moment, please"; "A crazy idea took hold of him" |
| v. (contact) | 11. interlock, lock | become engaged or intermeshed with one another.; "They were locked in embrace" |
| ~ hug, bosom, embrace, squeeze | squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness.; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him" |
| v. (emotion) | 12. lock | hold fast (in a certain state).; "He was locked in a laughing fit" |
| ~ overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overcome, overtake | overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli. |
| v. (contact) | 13. lock, lock away, lock in, lock up, put away, shut away, shut 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" |
| ~ confine | prevent from leaving or from being removed. |
| v. (motion) | 14. lock | pass by means through a lock in a waterway. |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| v. (creation) | 15. lock | build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels. |
| ~ build, construct, make | make by combining materials and parts.; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" |
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