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locking

/ˈlɒkɪŋ/

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verb

Verrouiller, se fermer à clé

To become fastened in place.

Examples :

"If you put the brakes on too hard, the wheels will lock."

Si vous freinez trop fort, les roues se bloqueront.

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verb

Verrouiller, fermer à clé

To fasten with a lock.

Examples :

"Remember to lock the door when you leave."

N'oubliez pas de verrouiller la porte en partant.

property utility

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verb

Verrouiller, se verrouiller

To be capable of becoming fastened in place.

Examples :

"This door locks with a key."

Cette porte se verrouille avec une clé.

technical machine utility

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verb

S'imbriquer, s'emboîter

To intertwine or dovetail.

Examples :

"We locked arms and stepped out into the night."

Nous avons emboîté nos bras et sommes sortis dans la nuit.

structure technical machine action

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verb

Bloquer, figer

(break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.

Examples :

"a pop and lock routine"

une routine de pop et lock

dance sport entertainment

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verb

Équiper (un canal) d'écluses

To furnish (a canal) with locks.

Examples :

"The engineers are currently locking the new canal system to allow boats to travel between different water levels. "

Les ingénieurs sont en train d'équiper le nouveau système de canaux d'écluses pour permettre aux bateaux de naviguer entre différents niveaux d'eau.

nautical architecture utility

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verb

Écluser

To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.

Examples :

"The boat captain is locking the small fishing vessel through the canal's lock system. "

Le capitaine du bateau est en train d'écluser le petit bateau de pêche à travers le système d'écluses du canal.

nautical sailing vehicle

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verb

Saisir, immobiliser

To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.

Examples :

"The martial arts instructor demonstrated locking his opponent's arm, quickly disarming him of the wooden practice sword. "

L'instructeur d'arts martiaux a démontré comment saisir le bras de son adversaire, le désarmant rapidement de l'épée d'entraînement en bois.

body action weapon military sport

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verb

Verrouiller

To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.

Examples :

"The moderator is locking the forum thread about the election because it has become too argumentative. "

Le modérateur verrouille le fil de discussion du forum sur les élections car il est devenu trop polémique.

internet computing communication technology

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verb

Verrouiller, protéger

(WMF jargon) To prevent a page from being edited by other users.

Examples :

"Frequently vandalized pages are generally locked to prevent further damage."

Les pages fréquemment vandalisées sont généralement verrouillées pour éviter d'autres dommages.

internet computing technology communication

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noun

Verrouillage, fermeture à clé

The act by which something is locked.

Examples :

"The locking of the bicycle prevented it from being stolen. "

Le verrouillage du vélo l'a empêché d'être volé.

property action utility

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noun

Verrouillage

The use of a lock or a mutex to restrict access to a part of the code to at most one process.

Examples :

"The database system relies on locking to prevent multiple users from accidentally overwriting each other's changes. "

Le système de base de données s'appuie sur le verrouillage pour empêcher plusieurs utilisateurs d'écraser accidentellement les modifications des autres.

computing technology process