locking
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Definitions oflocking
- To become fastened in place.
Example: "If you put the brakes on too hard, the wheels will lock."
- To fasten with a lock.
Example: "Remember to lock the door when you leave."
- To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
Example: "This door locks with a key."
- To intertwine or dovetail.
Example: "We locked arms and stepped out into the night."
- (break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
Example: "a pop and lock routine"
- To furnish (a canal) with locks.
- To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
- To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.
- To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
- (WMF jargon) To prevent a page from being edited by other users.
Example: "Frequently vandalized pages are generally locked to prevent further damage."
- The act by which something is locked.
- The use of a lock or a mutex to restrict access to a part of the code to at most one process.
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