lockings

Meanings

Noun

• the act of locking something up to protect it
• plural of locking

Verb

• fasten with a lock
• keep engaged
• become rigid or immoveable
• hold in a locking position
• become engaged or intermeshed with one another
• hold fast (in a certain state)
• place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
• pass by means through a lock in a waterway
• build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels

Synonyms

engage, interlace, interlock, lock, lock away, lock in, lock up, locking, lockup, mesh, operate, put away, shut away, shut up

Antonyms

disengage, unlock