Meaning

2 senses

  1. To seize up because liquid has infiltrated a mechanism for compressing gasses.

  2. To form a seal by employing a mechanism that uses hydrostatic pressure.

Forms

hydrostatic locks, hydrostatic locking, hydrostatic locked, hydrostatic locked
Base formhydrostatic lock · to hydrostatic lock
3rd person singularhydrostatic locks
Present participlehydrostatic locking
Past simplehydrostatic locked
Past participlehydrostatic locked

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhydrostatic lock
he, she, ithydrostatic locks

Past simpleLesson

all personshydrostatic locked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hydrostatic locked
he, she, ithas hydrostatic locked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hydrostatic lock

Word family

2 related words
Relatedair lockvapor lock

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hydrogenhydrophobichydroponichydropowerhydrotherapyhydroxidehyenahygieneB2
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