To kiss. / To hook a fish.

(medicine, neurology) A rare, severe physical disorder in which a person cannot speak and is paralyzed—with the possible exception of some voluntary eye movement—while their mental faculties remain fully intact.

(geology) A fault that does not slip due to high friction. Such faults accumulate stress which is finally released as an earthquake.

plural of lock-in

simple past tense and past participle of lock out

present participle of lock out

simple past tense and past participle of lock up

present participle of lock up

(construction) a method of interlocking metal panels in which one panel edge is folded back on top of itself and the other panel is folded under, after which the two panels are hooked together.

(waterways) A simple single-gate lock on a river or canal.