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lock1
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See Spanish definition of cerradura
noun
1‘she turned the key in the lock’
SYNONYMS
bolt, catch, fastener, clasp, bar, hasp, latch
verb
1‘he locked the door behind him’
SYNONYMS
bolt, fasten, bar, secure, make secure, make fast, seal
padlock, latch, chain
ANTONYMS
unlock, open
2‘wedge-shaped pins are driven in to lock the parts together’
SYNONYMS
join, interlock, mesh, engage, link, unite, connect, combine, yoke, mate
couple
ANTONYMS
separate, divide
3‘the wheels locked and the car careered across the road’
SYNONYMS
become stuck, stick, jam, become immovable, make immovable, become rigid, make rigid
4‘he locked her in an ecstatic embrace’
SYNONYMS
clasp, clench, grasp, embrace, hug, squeeze
lock2
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noun
1‘a lock of hair’
SYNONYMS
tress, tuft, curl
ringlet, kiss-curl, lovelock, forelock, plait
hank
strand, wisp
snippet
Phrases
- lock someone out
‘she was locked out of her office’
SYNONYMS
keep out, shut out, refuse entrance to, deny admittance to
exclude, bar, debar, ban, ostracize, banish, exile
‘he was locked up for burglary’
SYNONYMS
imprison, jail, incarcerate, send to prison, put behind bars, put under lock and key, put in chains, put into irons, throw into irons, clap in irons, hold captive
detain, remand, intern, impound, immure, shut up, shut in, confine, cage, pen, coop up, fence in, pen in, wall in, mew, mew up
informal send down, put away, put inside
‘local politicians locked horns with one another’
SYNONYMS
quarrel, disagree, have a dispute, wrangle, bicker, be at odds, be at loggerheads, lock antlers, cross swords
fight, do battle, engage in conflict, contend
challenge
informal have a dust-up, have a scrap, have a barney
‘the beach is locked in by headlands at each end’
SYNONYMS
enclose, encircle, surround, encompass, bound, ring, circle, envelop
shut in, hem in, hedge in
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