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locking |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 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 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. 4. To link together; to clasp closely; as to lock arms. `` Lock hand in hand.'' --Shak. 5. (Canals) To furnish with locks; also to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock. 6. (Fencing) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it to disarm him From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: locking n : the act of locking something up to protect it [syn: {lockup}]
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