Definition of locks

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • locks is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
  • locks is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
  • locks is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 13

Definition of locks


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

    Synonyms

    1. ignition lock
  • place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape (verb)

    Examples

    1. The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend
    2. She locked her jewels in the safe

    Synonyms

    1. lock away
    2. lock in
    3. lock up
    4. put away
    5. shut away
    6. shut up
  • 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 (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. lock chamber
  • hold in a locking position (verb)

    Examples

    1. He locked his hands around her neck

    Synonyms

    1. interlace
    2. interlock
  • keep engaged (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. engage
    2. mesh
    3. operate
  • a strand or cluster of hair (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. curl
    2. ringlet
    3. whorl
  • become engaged or intermeshed with one another (verb)

    Examples

    1. They were locked in embrace

    Synonyms

    1. interlock
  • a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed (noun)
  • a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun (noun)
  • any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured (noun)
  • become rigid or immoveable (verb)

    Examples

    1. The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise
  • build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels (verb)
  • fasten with a lock (verb)

    Examples

    1. lock the bike to the fence
  • hold fast (in a certain state) (verb)

    Examples

    1. He was locked in a laughing fit
  • pass by means through a lock in a waterway (verb)

See definition of locks in Merriam Webster