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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a device that prevents an automotive engine from starting; "car theives know how to bypass the ignition interlock" [syn: interlock, ignition interlock]
2: the act of interlocking or meshing; "an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check" [syn: mesh, meshing, interlock, interlocking] v
1: coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively [syn: interlock, mesh]
2: hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck" [syn: lock, interlock, interlace]
3: become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace" [syn: interlock, lock]

Merriam Webster's

I. Date: 1632 intransitive verb to become locked together or interconnected transitive verb 1. to lock together ; unite 2. to connect so that the motion or operation of any part is constrained by another II. noun Date: 1874 1. the quality, state, sense, or an instance of being interlocked 2. an arrangement in which the operation of one part or mechanism automatically brings about or prevents the operation of another <a safety interlock> 3. a. a stretchable fabric made on a circular knitting machine and consisting of two ribbed fabrics joined by interlocking b. a garment made of interlock

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v., adj., & n. --v. 1 intr. engage with each other by overlapping or by the fitting together of projections and recesses. 2 tr. (usu. in passive) lock or clasp within each other. --adj. (of a fabric) knitted with closely interlocking stitches. --n. a device or mechanism for connecting or coordinating the function of different components. Derivatives: interlocker n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Interlock In`ter*lock", v. i. To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Interlock In`ter*lock", v. t. To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening. My lady with her fingers interlocked. --Tennyson.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(interlocks, interlocking, interlocked) 1. Things that interlock or are interlocked go between or through each other so that they are linked. The parts interlock... Interlock your fingers behind your back... V-RECIP: pl-n V, V pl-n 2. If systems, situations, or plans are interlocked or interlock, they are very closely connected. The problems of Israel, Lebanon, and the Gulf were tightly interlocked... The tragedies begin to interlock... Your girlfriend's fear seems to interlock with your fear. V-RECIP: be V-ed, pl-n V, V with n, also V pl-n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. See interlink

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