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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The picture fuses interlocked storylines and blunt social commentary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
In July, the two squeezed next to each other on Baca’s couch at the lawyer’s Long Beach home, hands interlocked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 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
Before police cleared the area around Hamilton Hall on April 30, 30 or so students interlocked arms outside the building in a human barricade to protect the protesters inside.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 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
