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    • lock :fasten with a lock
      • lock the bike to the fence

    • lock :keep engaged
      • engaged the gears

    • lock :become rigid or immoveable
      • The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise

    • lock :hold in a locking position
      • He locked his hands around her neck

    • lock :become engaged or intermeshed with one another
      • They were locked in embrace

    • lock :hold fast (in a certain state)
      • He was locked in a laughing fit

    • lock :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 :a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed

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