'lock' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'lock' with 11 example sentences.

lock noun

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

: a strand or cluster of hair

: a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun

: 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

: a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key

: any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured

lock verb

: fasten with a lock

: keep engaged

: become rigid or immoveable

: hold in a locking position

: become engaged or intermeshed with one another

: hold fast (in a certain state)

: place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

: pass by means through a lock in a waterway

: build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels

You forgot to lock your office door yesterday when you left.

He locked himself in the bathroom and started to cry.

She forgot to lock her car.

I went to bed after locking all the doors and windows.

I can't get this lock opened.

Everyone is locked up at home in self-isolation.

The room that the kidnappers locked me in had no windows.

I'm locked out of my room.

This system has a safety lock.

They locked eyes for a brief moment.

The new employee locked herself in the freezer.

Words related to 'lock'

close padlock bolt curl