interlock
verb (used without object)
to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
interlocked
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past participleof interlock.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof interlock.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
interlockverb (used without object)to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
Example Sentences
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"Ube really is, I would say, very interlocked with the Filipino identity," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
The school alarm would pierce the air and teachers would instruct us to slide from our chairs, crouch under our desks facing the floor, and place our hands, fingers interlocked, over our necks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
That thread is exquisitely interlocked with a sensitive, sharp portrait of the interiority of someone searching for agency while in the throes of dementia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
There were no fixed guards preventing access to the blades from the underside and there were not any interlocked guards which would stop the rotating blades.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2024
I stressed to the assembled press the need for mutual communication and support between the Africans and Afro- Americans whose straggles were interlocked.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
