[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.", "a contrivance for fastening or securing something.", "(in a firearm)the mechanism that explodes the charge; gunlock . safety(def4) safety(def4).", "the mechanism that explodes the charge; gunlock .", "safety(def4) safety(def4).", "any device or part for stopping temporarily the motion of a mechanism.", "an enclosed chamber in a canal, dam, etc., with gates at each end, for raising or lowering vessels from one level to another by admitting or releasing water.", "an air lock or decompression chamber.", "complete and unchallenged control; an unbreakable hold:The congresswoman has a lock on the senatorial nomination.", "Slang.someone or something certain of success; sure thing:He's a lock to win the championship.", "Wrestling.any of various holds, especially a hold secured on the arm, leg, or head:leg lock.", "Horology.(in an escapement) the overlap between a tooth of an escape wheel and the surface of the pallet locking it.", "Metalworking.a projection or recession in the mating face of a forging die."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to fasten or secure (a door, window, building, etc.) by the operation of a lock or locks.", "to shut in a place fastened by a lock or locks, as for security or restraint.", "to make fast or immovable by or as if by a lock:He locked the steering wheel on his car.", "to make fast or immovable, as by engaging parts:to lock the wheels of a wagon.", "to join or unite firmly by interlinking or intertwining:to lock arms.", "to hold fast in an embrace:She was locked in his arms.", "to move (a ship) by means of a lock or locks, as in a canal (often followed bythrough, in, out, down,orup).", "to furnish with locks, as a canal."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to become locked:This door locks with a key.", "to become fastened, fixed, or interlocked:gears that lock into place.", "to go or pass by means of a lock or locks, as a vessel.", "to construct locks in waterways."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["to keep out by or as if by a lock.to subject (employees) to a lockout.", "to keep out by or as if by a lock.", "to subject (employees) to a lockout.", "to commit unalterably:to lock in the nomination of the party's candidates.(of an investor) to be unable or unwilling to sell or shift securities.", "to commit unalterably:to lock in the nomination of the party's candidates.", "(of an investor) to be unable or unwilling to sell or shift securities.", "to imprison for a crime.Printing.to make (type) immovable in a chase by securing the quoins.to fasten or secure with a lock or locks.to lock the doors of a house, automobile, etc.to fasten or fix firmly, as by engaging parts.", "to imprison for a crime.", "Printing.to make (type) immovable in a chase by securing the quoins.", "to fasten or secure with a lock or locks.", "to lock the doors of a house, automobile, etc.", "to fasten or fix firmly, as by engaging parts.", "to track or follow a target or object automatically by radar or other electronic means.(in a video game) to target and then maintain the focus of the game camera and the player’s weapon on a selected character or item, though the player character and the targeted character may both be in motion.", "to track or follow a target or object automatically by radar or other electronic means.", "(in a video game) to target and then maintain the focus of the game camera and the player’s weapon on a selected character or item, though the player character and the targeted character may both be in motion.", "to enclose (a waterway) with a lock."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a tress, curl, or ringlet of hair.", "locks,the hair of the head.short wool of inferior quality, as that obtained in small clumps from the legs.", "the hair of the head.", "short wool of inferior quality, as that obtained in small clumps from the legs.", "a small tuft or portion of wool, cotton, flax, etc."]}]