INTERLOCK

[verb]She looked thoughtfully out of the window, with her fingers interlocked and pressed lightly against her mouth. [T]The film interlocks an overview of American history with the life stories of individual immigrant families. [T]The decline of industry, the growth of low-paid, insecure employment and the rising population all interlock to trap young people in particular in a spiral of poverty and decline. [I]To interlock also means to connect in such a way that movement or change in one part causes movement or change in another.In an increasingly interlocked world, we need to find global solutions to global problems.