DICTOMETER

MECHÓN (Spanish for "lock")

(lock, lokk)

1. Synonyms:
   • Lock
   Definitions:
   • a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Lock
   • Curl
   • Ringlet
   • Whorl
   Definitions:
   • a strand or cluster of hair
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Lock
   Definitions:
   • a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Lock
   • Lock chamber
   Definitions:
   • 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
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Lock
   • Ignition lock
   Definitions:
   • a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Lock
   Definitions:
   • any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Lock
   Definitions:
   • fasten with a lock
   Examples:
   • Lock the bike to the fence
   Antonyms:
   unlock Antonym of unlock (Sense 3)Antonyms:
   unlock
   
   
   
   • Synonyms:
     • Engage
     • Mesh
     • Lock
     • Operate
     Definitions:
     • keep engaged
     Examples:
     • Engaged the gears
     Antonyms:
     unlock
     
     
     
   • Synonyms:
     • Lock
     Definitions:
     • become rigid or immoveable
     Examples:
     • The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise
     
     
   • Synonyms:
     • Lock
     • Interlock
     • Interlace
     Definitions:
     • hold in a locking position
     Examples:
     • He locked his hands around her neck
     
     
   • Synonyms:
     • Interlock
     • Lock
     Definitions:
     • become engaged or intermeshed with one another
     Examples:
     • They were locked in embrace
     
     
   • Synonyms:
     • Lock
     Definitions:
     • hold fast (in a certain state)
     Examples:
     • He was locked in a laughing fit
     
     
   • Synonyms:
     • Lock in
     • Lock away
     • Lock
     • Put away
     • Shut up
     • Shut away
     • Lock up
     Definitions:
     • place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
     Examples:
     • The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend
     • She locked her jewels in the safe
     
     
   • Synonyms:
     • Lock
     Definitions:
     • pass by means through a lock in a waterway
     
     
   • Synonyms:
     • Lock
     Definitions:
     • build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels