(v): cause to be firmly attached
(v): keep engaged
(v): cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
(v): become rigid or immoveable
(v): get caught
(v): hold in a locking position
(v): have or hold in one's hands or grip
(v): become engaged or intermeshed with one another
(v): squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
(v): hold fast (in a certain state)
(v): overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
(v): place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
(v): prevent from leaving or from being removed
(v): pass by means through a lock in a waterway
(v): go across or through
(v): build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
(v): make by combining materials and parts
(n): a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
(n): restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
(n): a strand or cluster of hair
(n): a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
(n): a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
(n): device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
(n): 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
(n): a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
(n): a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
(n): a device that retards something's motion
(n): any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
(n): a hold used in the sport of wrestling
