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overlock en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈəʊvəˌlɒk/ (UK)

Etymology

From over- + lock.

Meanings

1. A stitch that sews over the edge of one or two pieces of cloth for edging, hemming or seaming.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
overlocks	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

overlocker

overlock en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈəʊvəˌlɒk/ (UK)

Etymology

From over- + lock.

Meanings

1. To stitch in this manner.
2. (transitive) To make the bolt of a lock go too far.
   • The way to open it, then, is to turn the key the other way, as if to overlock the bolt […] 1857, Thomas Stewart Traill, The Encyclopaedia Britannica:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
overlocking	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
overlocks	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
overlocked	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
overlocked	Tense=Past		lexicographic

Synonyms

serge · merrow · overedge