[syn: interlock, lock]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Interlock \In`ter*lock"\, v. t.
1. To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in
place by mutual fastening.
[1913 Webster]
My lady with her fingers interlocked. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
2. To connect together so that the parts work together as a
coordinated unit; to connect as a single system.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
interlock
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]