All lock in synonyms

verb lock in

• surround — to enclose on all sides; encompass: She was surrounded by reporters.
• confine — To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
• insert — to put or place in: to insert a key in a lock.
• wrap — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
• hem in — to fold back and sew down the edge of (cloth, a garment, etc.); form an edge or border on or around.
• incarcerate — to imprison; confine.
• apprehend — If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
• detain — When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
• commit — If someone commits a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad.
• hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• remand — to send back, remit, or consign again.
• fence — a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
• bound — Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind.
• restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
• intern — to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.
• circumscribe — If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.
• imbue — to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.: The new political leader was imbued with the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.
• veil — a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
• limit — the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
• pen — a female swan.
• jail — a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
• circle — A circle is a shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area. Every part of the line is the same distance from the centre of the area.
• include — to contain, as a whole does parts or any part or element: The package includes the computer, program, disks, and a manual.
• impound — to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal.
• blockade — A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it.
• mew — a cage for hawks, especially while molting.
• hedge — a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow: small fields separated by hedges.
• cage — A cage is a structure of wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
• implant — to put or fix firmly: to implant sound principles in a child's mind.
• induct — to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies: The committee inducted her as president.
• confine — To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
• cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
• immure — to enclose within walls.
• corral — In North America, a corral is a space surrounded by a fence where cattle or horses are kept.
• imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
• nab — to arrest or capture.
• constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
• closet — A closet is a piece of furniture with doors at the front and shelves inside, which is used for storing things.
• ice — the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• trammel — Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
• restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
• stockade — Fortification. a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground.
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• occlude — to close, shut, or stop up (a passage, opening, etc.).
• wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
• coop — A coop is a cage where you keep small animals or birds such as chickens and rabbits.
• close in — If a group of people close in on a person or place, they come nearer and nearer to them and gradually surround them.
• lock up — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.