hydrostatic lock (English, verb)
expansion: hydrostatic lock (third-person singular simple present hydrostatic locks, present participle hydrostatic locking, simple past and past participle hydrostatic locked)
Senses:
glosses: To seize up because liquid has infiltrated a mechanism for compressing gasses.
glosses: To form a seal by employing a mechanism that uses hydrostatic pressure.
Forms:
form: hydrostatic locks
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hydrostatic locking
tags: participle
present
form: hydrostatic locked
tags: participle
past
form: hydrostatic locked
tags: past