lock
fasten with a lock
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,684 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,212 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- fasten with a lock lock the bike to the fence
- keep engaged also: engage, mesh, operate engaged the gears
- become rigid or immoveable The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise
- hold in a locking position also: interlock, interlace He locked his hands around her neck
- become engaged or intermeshed with one another also: interlock They were locked in embrace
- hold fast (in a certain state) He was locked in a laughing fit
lock in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But rafts that strain, Parted, shall they lock again?
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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He plucked a lock of wool from his blue smock.
Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1
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Might I advise you now, your only course Were to lock up your wife.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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Not a single lock was in order, whether in the bureau or the secretary.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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The detective took a key from his pocket and inserted it in the lock.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1