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Webster 1913 Edition
Interlock
Inˊter-lock′
,Verb.
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.
Inˊter-lock′
,Verb.
T.
1.
To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening.
My lady with her fingers
interlocked
. Tennyson.
Definition 2024
interlock
interlock
English
Verb
interlock (third-person singular simple present interlocks, present participle interlocking, simple past and past participle interlocked)
- To fit together securely.
- To interlace.
Noun
interlock (plural interlocks)
- A safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions.
- The demonstrator couldn't figure out why the machine wouldn't work, until he remembered that there was an interlock so it wouldn't operate with the cover open.