Locking is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for LOCKING in dictionary:

VERB:
• fasten or secure (something) with a lock
• (of a door, window, etc.) become or be able to be secured with a lock
• enclose or shut in by locking or fastening a door, lid, etc.
• restrict access to the full functionality or data of (a computer, mobile phone, file, etc.), especially by requiring a user to verify their identity with a passcode or other form of authentication
• (of a mobile phone) operate only on the network of a particular carrier
• make or become rigidly fixed or immovable
• go through a lock on a canal
NOUN:
• the act of locking
• a mechanism for keeping a door, window, lid, or container fastened, typically operated by a key
• a device used to prevent the operation or movement of a vehicle or other machine
• a facility on a computer or mobile phone that requires a user to verify their identity with a passcode or other form of authentication in order to access the full functionality of the device
• (in wrestling and martial arts) a hold that prevents an opponent from moving a limb.
• a number of interlocked or jammed items
• a short section of a canal or river with gates and sluices at each end which can be opened or closed to change the water level, used for raising and lowering boats
• the turning of the front wheels of a vehicle to change its direction of motion.
• the maximum extent that the front wheels of a vehicle can be turned.
• a player in the second row of a scrum.
• a person or thing that is certain to succeed; a certainty
• a mechanism for exploding the charge of a gun.
• a tuft of wool or cotton.
• the act of locking something up to protect it
• a piece of a person's hair that coils or hangs together
• a person's hair
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to secure by means of a mechanical fastening device

Words related to LOCKING

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Words that contain LOCKING

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How to use LOCKING in a sentence

• He deliberately went to each, and, locking it, slipped the key in his pocket.
• I hurried on, and went out, locking the door after me.
• She put her hands in front of her, locking her fingers with the thumbs straight up, gently moving them up and down, before she spoke.
• Locking the door from without, and putting the key in his pocket, Lorenzino hastened to Michaele.
• When he got to his room he was too tired to remember that he had forgotten to take the usual precautions of locking his door and windows, or even of drawing the curtains.
• The only thing that consoled him was the store of medicine he had obtained, and, locking it up in his cupboard, he descended to the kitchen.
• Wing, locking a package of letters carefully into a small drawer in his desk.
• He rushed into his stateroom, locking the door with a bang.
• We saw a woman coming out of her house and carefully locking the door behind her.
• What he did was to compel them to be virtuous by locking them up in the Oriental style.
• She laid aside her work, and locking herself in her chamber gave vent to her feelings in a passionate flood of tears.
• Spelford and his men left, locking the door behind them.
• Then he went out, locking all the doors behind him, and turned toward the ferry slips.
• Almost paralyzed with fear, Eva screamed again and fled through the nearest door, locking it.
• Certainly no one could have entered the room and departed locking the door on the inside.
• The locking of that door went to her heart, with a sense of comfort, of dependence, of unbounded trust in the hand, the heart, the head, that had done it.
• First taking the precaution of locking my cabin door, I stepped from the bulwark of the vessel to the lonely quay, and set forth upon my night wanderings through the Dead City.
• She had a fancy not to sleep that night in her chamber, but in the boudoir with her nurses, locking the door on them.
• Now he caught up his burden again and moved promptly and softly out of the bank by the way he had come locking the front door behind him.
• Voruz took the precious document, with the signature still wet, and went out, double locking the door behind him.
• Ashe leaned against the wall, McNeil supporting him, as Ross pulled free the locking beam.
• Locking a leg in his tottering supports I threw him down into the ditch.
• The very suggestion of locking up books to prevent their being carried away hurts like the screech of a pencil upon a slate.
• She never had read a book in her life, and had not thought of locking from her daughter the few volumes her dead husband had collected.
• When the Baron went home at half-past ten, Mariette and Louise, who had had a hard day, were locking up the apartment.
• This was followed by the retiring of the young lady through a door in the rear of the shop, and the locking of the door by her female friend, who put the key in her pocket.
• She was in a small room, almost dark, where McTurpin had left her after locking the door on the outside.
• He struggled partially upright, protesting against being left in that helpless condition, but the red-moustached man only laughed, shutting the door tightly, and locking it.
• He caught the lad before he even reached the stairway and dragged the shuddering boy back into the filthy room, carefully locking the door behind them.
• I never leave Daisy alone without locking the door.

Similar words containing LOCK without suffix ing

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