What is the meaning of the word "lock"?

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  1. become engaged or intermeshed with one another copy to clipboard verb
    • They were locked in embrace copy to clipboard
  2. become rigid or immoveable copy to clipboard verb
    • The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise copy to clipboard
  3. fasten with a lock copy to clipboard verb
    • lock the bike to the fence copy to clipboard
  4. hold fast in a certain state copy to clipboard verb
    • I was locked in a laughing fit. copy to clipboard
  5. put in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape copy to clipboard verb
    • The parents locked their children up for the weekend. copy to clipboard
  6. to hold in a locking position copy to clipboard verb
    • They locked their hands around the boulder. copy to clipboard

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