Definition for Locking:

• the act of locking something up to protect it

Synonyms for Locking:

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • lockup,
  • locking.

• v.

  •closing (verb)
  • shutting,
  • blocking,
  • closing,
  • joining,
  • Bolting,
  • fastening,
  • Securing,
  • jamming,
  • stopping,
  • Barricading,
  • sealing,
  • Latching.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • dance,
  • protection,
  • berlin wall.

Paraphrases for Locking:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    lock.
  • Proper noun, singular
    lock, locks.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    lock.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    locks.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    unlocking.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    interlocking, phase-lock, Latching.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    lock-up, lock-out.
  • Proper noun, singular
    lock-up, locked, lock-out.
  • Noun, plural
    bottlenecks, closures, sanctions, Keys, blockades, blockages, obstacles, Embargoes.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    lock-up, gating, lock-out, blockage, lock-in, freezing.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    locked-in, blockading, locating, decommissioning, Clogging, stopping, concluding, Restraining, Obstructing, Clamping, Precluding, Attaching, contacting, Condoning, Bridging, costing, thwarting, shutting, stalling, Establishing, Storing, unwavering, system, Resisting, targeting, laying, joining, stay, Staying, putting, standing, freezing, closing.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    lockout.
  • Proper noun, singular
    lockout, lockdown, closing.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    interlock, foreclosure, lockout, lockdown.

Locking Sentence Examples:

• Now, he said, locking the door, sit down.

• Then he finally got the safe open, after locking us in below, and my coming up interrupted him.

Homophones for Locking:

• logomach, licence, lysimachus, laziness, lessing, like kings, losings, likening, liking, licensee, loganiaceae, leishmaniasis, looking, leishmaniosis, loginess, licking, lacking, laconic, license, logging, lake seneca, lissomeness, lignosae, lichenes, lagging, lychnis, Lake Onega, loquaciousness, Leakiness, lashing, logginess, legging, laughing jackass, leguminious, lacewing, lushness, lessening, lysogenic, looseness, lacing, laxness, lashings, laughing gas, leaching, ligneous, lysenko, luging, lozenge, licencee, Logomachy, leucogenes, likeness, Luckiness, loosening, leguminosae, loch ness, lysogenize, lysimachia, leguminous, lusciousness, lawlessness, laughing, lousiness, lake nyasa.

Hyponym for Locking:

• n.

  • act
    protection.