locking

Meanings

Plural: lockings

Noun

• the act of locking something up to protect it
• gerund of lock: the act by which something is locked.
• The use of a lock or a mutex to restrict access to a part of the code to at most one process.

Verb

• fasten with a lock
• keep engaged
• become rigid or immoveable
• hold in a locking position
• become engaged or intermeshed with one another
• hold fast (in a certain state)
• place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
• pass by means through a lock in a waterway
• build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
• present participle and gerund of lock

Synonyms

engage, interlace, interlock, lock, lock away, lock in, lock up, lockup, mesh, operate, put away, shut away, shut up

Antonyms

disengage, unlock