Interlock

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  • intransitive verb. To unite or join closely as by hooking or dovetailing.
  • intransitive verb. To connect together (parts of a mechanism, for example) so that the individual parts affect each other in motion or operation.
  • intransitive verb. To become united or joined closely, as by hooking or dovetailing.
  • noun. A mechanical device that prevents a component from functioning when another component is functioning or situated in a particular way.
  • noun. A stretchy fabric knitted with interlocking stitches by alternating sets of needles on a circular knitting machine.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To be locked together; mutually engage, clasp, or cling: embrace: as, the interlocking boughs of a wood.
  • To lock or clasp together; lock or hitch one in another: as, cattle sometimes interlock their horns.
  • In geography, to be involved together: specifically applied to the headwaters of two different drainage systems which dovetail together yet flow in opposite courses.
  • To cross-lock or lock in combination; lock so that unlocking can be effected only under certain conditions, or after certain other motions have previously been made.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.
  • transitive verb. To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening.
  • transitive verb. To connect together so that the parts work together as a coordinated unit; to connect as a single system.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To fit together securely.
  • verb. To interlace.
  • noun. A safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a device that prevents an automotive engine from starting
  • verb. become engaged or intermeshed with one another
  • noun. the act of interlocking or meshing
  • verb. hold in a locking position
  • verb. coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively