LOCKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does locking mean? 

• LOCKING (noun)
  The noun LOCKING has 1 sense:

1. the act of locking something up to protect it

  Familiarity information: LOCKING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOCKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of locking something up to protect it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

locking; lockup

Hypernyms ("locking" is a kind of...):

protection (the activity of protecting someone or something)

 Context examples 

The findings suggest that forests are growing more vigorously, and therefore, locking away more carbon.

(World's forests increasingly taking up more carbon, National Science Foundation)

My wife had already gone upstairs, and the sound of the locking of the hall door some time before told me that the servants had also retired.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Amikacin irreversibly binds to the bacterial 30S ribosomal subunit, specifically locking 16S rRNA and S12 protein within the 30S subunit.

(Amikacin, NCI Thesaurus)

The type of locking device used to securely fasten the electrical leads to the device.

(Electrical Lead Locking Type, NCI Thesaurus)

They went, shutting the door, and locking it behind them.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Due to tidal locking, the planet's surface temperature facing the star is roughly 4300°C (7772°F), more than the surface temperature of an average Red Dwarf star.

(Astronomers reveal discovery of the hottest gas giant exoplanet known yet, Wikinews)

There was not six inches to spare in the breadth of the road, and every instant I expected to feel the jar of a locking wheel.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Under certain temperatures and pressure conditions, chemical reactions force the water into a non-liquid form — hydrous minerals (wet rocks) — locking the water into the plate.

(Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth’s interior, National Science Foundation)

I left the room, and locking the door, made a solemn vow in my own heart never to resume my labours; and then, with trembling steps, I sought my own apartment.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

If you are serious about locking in your new situation, then decide on something you can do immediately after March 24.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)