D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Interlock

/ĭnˌ-tẽrl-äk'/ · In·ter·lock · IPA /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈlɒk/
01 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.
  1. 1.
    To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.
02 v. t. To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening.
  1. 1.
    To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening.
    “My lady with her fingers interlocked.” Tennyson.
  2. 2.
    To connect together so that the parts work together as a coordinated unit; to connect as a single system.