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inlock

inlock verb: to lock in.

Verb

inlock (third-person singular simple present inlocks, present participle inlocking, simple past and past participle inlocked)

  1. (transitive) To lock in.
  2. (transitive) To enclose.

Noun

inlock (plural inlocks)

  1. A locking in.
    • The lower jaw slides forward on account of the inlock of these upper teeth.1898, The Western dental journal
  2. That which is locked in.
  3. An inner or interior lock.
  4. (Northern England, UK, dialectal) Any corner or part of a common field plowed up and sowed with oats, etc. and sometimes fenced in with a dry hedge while the lave of the field lies fallow and common.

Forms of inlock

Verb
third-person singular presentinlocks
present participleinlocking
past participleinlocked
pastinlocked
Noun
pluralinlocks

Origin of inlock

From in- + lock.

Questions about inlock

What does inlock mean?
Inlock means to lock in.
What part of speech is inlock?
Inlock can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of inlock?
The past tense of inlock is inlocked.

Words near inlock in the dictionary

  1. inlisting
  2. inlists
  3. inlive
  4. inlives
  5. Inlo
  6. inlock
  7. inlocked
  8. inlocking
  9. inlocks
  10. inlook
  11. inlooker

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