loch
- n a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)
- n Scottish word for a lake
loch linnhe
- n an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the western coast of Scotland
loch ness
- n a lake in the Scottish highlands; the largest body of fresh water in Great Britain
loch ness monster
- n a large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland
lochia
- n substance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during the weeks following childbirth
lock
- n a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
- n a strand or cluster of hair
- n a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
- 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 restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
- n any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
- v fasten with a lock
lock the bike to the fence - v keep engaged
- v become rigid or immoveable
The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise - v hold in a locking position
He locked his hands around her neck - v become engaged or intermeshed with one another
They were locked in embrace - v hold fast (in a certain state)
He was locked in a laughing fit - v place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend
She locked her jewels in the safe - v pass by means through a lock in a waterway
- v build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels