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lock
verb arrest, attach, band, bar, barricade, block, blockade, bolt, cage, catch, cement, check, cinch, clasp, close, close fast, concludere, confine, connect, couple, curb, cut off, dam, encircle, enclose, enthrall, entwine, fasten, fuse, glue, grapple, hamper, hinder, hold, immobilize, immure, impede, impound, imprison, incarcerate, inhibit, jail, join, link, lock up, make fast, make inseperable, obserere, obstruct, occlude, padlock, pen, prohibit, putbehind bars, restrain, restrict, seal, secure, shackle, shut out, shut up, stop, trap, unite, weld, yokeAssociated concepts: lockout
See also: close, connect, fetter, fix, occlude, seal, shut