Unscramble locking

Definition of locking

noun:

• the act of locking something up to protect it. Synonyms: lockup.

verb:

• fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence". Synonyms: lock. Antonyms: unlock.
• keep engaged; "engaged the gears". Synonyms: engage, lock, mesh, operate. Antonyms: disengage.
• become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise". Synonyms: lock. Antonyms: unlock.
• hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck". Synonyms: interlace, interlock, lock.
• become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace". Synonyms: interlock, lock.
• hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit". Synonyms: lock.
• place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend", "She locked her jewels in the safe". Synonyms: lock, lock away, lock in, lock up, put away, shut away, shut up.
• pass by means through a lock in a waterway. Synonyms: lock.
• build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels. Synonyms: lock.

Related words

bolt, flip, padlock, ride, switch, throw.

Words nearby

blocking, clocking, docking, lacking, licking, lockring, looking, mocking.

Rhymes with

blocking, clocking, docking, knocking, mocking, shocking, stocking.