1. Linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing
   "How interlocking are the lives of children, families, teachers and school leaders?";
   - interlacing, interlinking, interwoven

1. Contact by fitting together
   "the interlocking of the clutch";
   - engagement, mesh, meshing
    
2. The act of interlocking or meshing
   "an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check";
   - mesh, meshing, interlock

1. Coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively
   "The team's skills interlocked perfectly for the project";
   - mesh, intermesh
    
2. Hold in a locking position
   "He interlocked his hands around her neck";
   - lock, interlace
    
3. Become engaged or intermeshed with one another
   "They were interlocked in embrace";
   - lock

Derived forms: interlockings

See also: complex

Type of: bosom, catch, contact, coordinate, embrace, grab, hug, impinging, organise [Brit], organize, snap, snatch, squeeze, striking

Encyclopedia: Interlocking