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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-locking.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lockings [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English locking From lock + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|lock|-ing<id:gerund noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English locking [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*lewg-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*luką", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*lok", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "loc", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "lok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "lock", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "gerund noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "gerund noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "gerund noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "noun suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ungō", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ung", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ynge", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "locking", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="locking"> From lock + -ing. Head templates: {{en-noun}} locking (plural lockings)
  1. gerund of lock: the act by which something is locked. Tags: form-of, gerund Form of: lock (extra: the act by which something is locked) Translations (act by which something is locked): lukitus (Finnish), Locking [neuter] (German), låsning [common-gender] (Swedish), kilitleme (Turkish)
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  2. (computing) The use of a lock or a mutex to restrict access to a part of the code to at most one process. Translations (the use of a lock to restrict access to a part of a code): zárolás (Hungarian)
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Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-locking.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English locking From lock + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|lock|-ing<id:gerund noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English locking [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*lewg-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*luką", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*lok", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "loc", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "lok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "lock", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "gerund noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "gerund noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "gerund noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "noun suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ungō", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ung", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ynge", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "locking", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="locking"> From lock + -ing. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} locking
  1. present participle and gerund of lock Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: lock
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Inflected forms

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