locking

Meanings

• the act of locking something up to protect it
• 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

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

Scrabble Score: 14

locking is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

locking is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

locking is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

locking is a valid Words With Friends word

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