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Belock
verb · 78% connection
To lock, or fasten as with a lock.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, lock, catch, spring, fasten.
Bolt
noun · 78% connection
A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, lock, catch, spring, fasten.
Button
noun · 78% connection
A catch, of various forms and materials, used to fasten together the different parts of dress, by being attached to one part, and pass…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, lock, catch, spring, fasten.
Carcanet
noun · 78% connection
A jeweled chain, necklace, or collar.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, lock, catch, spring, fasten.
Catch
verb · 78% connection
To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, lock, catch, spring, fasten.
Catchdrain
noun · 78% connection
A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, lock, catch, spring, fasten.
Chain
verb · 78% connection
To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, lock, catch, spring, fasten.
Clasp
verb · 78% connection
To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, lock, catch, spring, fasten.
Cord
verb · 78% connection
To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, lock, catch, spring, fasten.
Detent
noun · 78% connection
That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, lock, catch, spring, fasten.
Double-lock
verb · 78% connection
To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, lock, catch, spring, fasten.
Elater
noun · 78% connection
Any beetle of the family Elateridae, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, lock, catch, spring, fasten.
Entrap
verb · 78% connection
To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or inv…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, lock, catch, spring, fasten.
Fasten
adjective · 78% connection
To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, lock, catch, spring, fasten.
Fastening
noun · 78% connection
Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, lock, catch, spring, fasten.
Frog
verb · 78% connection
To ornament or fasten (a coat, etc.) with trogs. See Frog, n., 4.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, lock, catch, spring, fasten.
Fusee
noun · 78% connection
The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel wh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, lock, catch, spring, fasten.
Gunlock
noun · 78% connection
The lock of a gun, for producing the discharge. See Lock.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, lock, catch, spring, fasten.
