'Locking' definitions:
Definition of 'locking'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of locking something up to protect it [syn: locking, lockup]
Definition of 'Locking'
From: GCIDE
- Lock \Lock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Locked; p. pr. & vb. n. Locking.]
- 1. To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock; to make fast; to prevent free movement of; as, to lock a door, a carriage wheel, a river, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as, to lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. etc. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms. " Lock hand in hand." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Canals) To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Fencing) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Locking'
- Lock,
- Locked,
- To lock into,
- lock in,
- lock out,
- lock up,
- locke,
- Bonnie Lock,
- Canal lock,
- Cannon lock,
- Cascade Locks,
- Cascade Locks, OR,
- Clasp lock,
- Combination lock,
- Combined Locks,
- Detector lock,
- Dial lock,
- Guard lock,
- Hammer lock,
- Hip lock,
- Hoop lock,
- Jail lock,
- Letter lock,
- Lift lock,
- Lock Haven,
- Lock Springs,
- Lock bay,
- Lock chamber,
- Lock hospital,
- Lock nut,
- Lock plate,
- Lock rail,
- Lock rand,
- Lock step,
- Lock stitch,
- Lock washer,
- Lock-down,
- Mortise lock,
- Nut lock,
- Percussion lock,
- Permutation lock,
- Pin lock,
- Rebounding lock,
- Reversible lock,
- Rim lock,
- Scalp lock,
- Scandinavian lock,
- Seal lock,
- Snap lock,
- Spring lock,
- Stock lock,
- Tail of a lock,
- Tide lock,
- Time lock,
- Wheel lock,
- Windsor Locks,
- Wood lock,
- air lock,
- cylinder lock,
- ignition lock,
- john locke,
- lever lock,
- lock away,
- lock ring,
- locking pliers,
- safety lock,
- sash lock,
- vapor lock,
- vapour lock,
- window lock,
- Bonnie Lock, FL,
- Combined Locks, WI,
- Double-lock,
- Lock Haven, PA,
- Lock Springs, MO,
- Lock-weir,
- Locked-jaw,
- Windsor Locks, CT,
- lock-gate,
- lock-up option,
- self-locking,
- Janus-faced lock,
- Bonnie Lock-Woodsetter North,
- Bonnie Lock-Woodsetter North, FL