locking

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Synonyms: mocking, looking, docking, licking, lacking, rocking, blocking, flocking, cocking, lockin, clocking

Antonyms: mocking, looking, docking, licking, lacking, rocking, blocking, flocking, cocking, lockin, clocking

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Noun

1. {{gerund of|en|lock}}: the [[act#Noun|act]] by which something is [[lock#Verb|locked]].
2. {{lb|en|computing}} The [[use#Noun|use]] of a [[lock#Noun|lock]] or a [[mutex]] to [[restrict]] [[access#Noun|access]] to a [[part#Noun|part]] of the [[code#Noun|code]] to at most one [[process#Noun|process]].

Verb

1. {{infl of|en|lock||ing-form}}

Proper noun

1. A [[village]] on the outskirts of [[Weston-super-Mare]]. [[Somerset]], [[England]]
2. {{surname|en}}.

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