From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lock \Lock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Locked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Locking}.]
1. To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock; to make fast; to
prevent free movement of; as, to lock a door, a carriage
wheel, a river, etc.
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2. To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by
fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as, to
lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. etc.
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3. To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as
with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often
with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the
prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out
of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child
in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast.
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4. To link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms. "
Lock hand in hand." --Shak.
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5. (Canals) To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a
boat) in a lock.
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6. (Fencing) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by
turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
locking
n 1: the act of locking something up to protect it [syn:
{locking}, {lockup}]
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