Noun locking has 1 sense
  1. locking, lockup - the act of locking something up to protect it
    --1 is a kind of protection
,Verb lock has 9 senses
  1. lock - fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence"
    --1 is one way to
    fasten, fix, secure
    Antonyms: unlock
    Derived forms: noun lock1, noun locker2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
    Somebody ----s something PP
  2. engage, mesh, lock, operate - keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
    --2 is one way to move, displace
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  3. lock - become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
    --3 is one way to
    engage
    Antonyms: unlock
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  4. lock, interlock, interlace - hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck"
    --4 is one way to hold, take hold
    Derived form: noun lock6
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
  5. interlock, lock - become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace"
    --5 is one way to embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze
    Derived form: noun lock6
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  6. lock - hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit"
    --6 is one way to
    overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s somebody
  7. lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up - 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"
    --7 is one way to confine
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
    Somebody ----s something PP
  8. lock - pass by means through a lock in a waterway
    --8 is one way to
    pass, go through, go across
    Derived forms: noun lock4, noun lockage2, noun lockage3
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  9. lock - build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
    --9 is one way to
    construct, build, make
    Derived forms: noun lock4, noun lockage2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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