To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
To fasten with a lock.
To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them.
To play in the position of lock.
To become fastened in place.
To intertwine or dovetail.
To prevent a page from being edited by other users.
To furnish (a canal) with locks.
A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
Complete control over a situation.
The firing mechanism.
Something sure to be a success.
A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
A grapple in wrestling.
A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
A small quantity of straw etc.
A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.
A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.
To use a shoehorn.
To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious.
A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place. This reduces discomfort and damage to the back of the shoe. By slipping it into the back of the shoe behind the heel, the user prevents the heel from squashing down the back of the shoe and causing difficulty; instead the heel slides down the smooth shoehorn, which then comes out easily once the foot is in place.
Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.