English to English
noun
- a device that prevents an automotive engine from starting
Car theives know how to bypass the ignition interlock.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the act of interlocking or meshing
An interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively
source: WordNet 3.0
- hold in a locking position
He locked his hands around her neck.
source: WordNet 3.0
- become engaged or intermeshed with one another
They were locked in embrace.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.
source: Webster 1913
- To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening.
source: Webster 1913
