LOCK Synonyms

• carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in

• consume all of one's attention or time

• engage or hire for work

• ask to represent; of legal counsel

• give to in marriage

• get caught

• carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)

• hire for work or assistance

• engage for service under a term of contract

• keep engaged

• spin, wind, or twist together

• hold in a locking position

• the number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles

• contact by fitting together

• the topology of a network whose components are all connected directly to every other component

• an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

• the act of interlocking or meshing

• keep engaged

• coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively

• work together in harmony

• entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh

• direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.

• perform as expected when applied

• handle and cause to function

• perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense

• keep engaged

• perform surgery on

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

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

• 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

• close with or as if with a tight seal

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

• secure by locking

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

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

• throw or cast away

• lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

• stop using

• kill gently, as with an injection

• eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food

• turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily

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

• closely confined

• refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent

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

• cause to be quiet or not talk