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laak
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "lock"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϤāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to secure something with a lock or seal
Transitive: to lock sth
to lock definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cyclist always makes sure to lock the bike to the rack before leaving.
āϏāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞ āϚāĻžāϞāĻ• āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻž āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇ āϞāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϤāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to secure or confine something or someone within a defined space by fastening a door, lid, gate, or similar mechanism
Transitive: to lock sb/sth somewhere
to lock definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She locked her diary in a drawer to keep her thoughts private.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĄā§āϰāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇ āϞāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϕ⧇ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇āĨ¤
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āϤāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of a door, window, etc.) to become or be capable of being secured with a lock
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The window was left slightly open, as it could n't lock properly due to a faulty mechanism.
āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŽā§‡āĻ•āĻžāύāĻŋāϜāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϞāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āϞāĻ• āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āφāϟāϕ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to become firmly secured or immovable in position
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gears of the machine locked, causing it to come to a sudden halt.
āĻŽā§‡āĻļāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϞāĻ• āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻĨ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āϞāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to join or fit together in a way that creates a secure and interconnected relationship
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teeth of the zipper locked, keeping the jacket fully fastened.
āϜāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻžāρāϤāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϞāĻ• āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻœā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āϟāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϤāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to secure or immobilize something, making it unmovable or rigid by interlacing or interlocking its parts
Transitive: to lock sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The wrestler used a powerful hold to lock his opponent's arm, rendering him immobile.
āϕ⧁āĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—ā§€āϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āϞāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻšā§‹āĻ˛ā§āĻĄ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āϚāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϤāĻžāϞāĻž, āϚāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ

a device that firmly fastens a door, closet, etc. and usually needs a key to be opened
lock definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They installed a combination lock on the locker to prevent unauthorized access.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āύāύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϞāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧇āĻļāύ āϞāĻ• āχāύāĻ¸ā§āϟāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϞāĻ•, āϕ⧁āĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ⧀

a piece of hair that lies on the head
lock definition and meaning
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āϞāĻ•, āĻĢāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŽā§‡āĻ•āĻžāύāĻŋāϜāĻŽ

a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
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āϞāĻ•, āϚāĻžāĻĒ

any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
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āϞāĻ•, āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ-āϰ⧋āϧ⧀ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāχāϏ

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

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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