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🛡️ A safety device 🚗 Prevents wheel lock 🛑 To stop locking
to antilock

to antilock

5.5
To stop wheels from locking when a vehicle brakes
  • verb
  • /ˈæntiˌlɑk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : antibloquear
  • Modern vehicles automatically antilock the brakes to help drivers maintain control on slippery roads.

Examples

  • If you brake suddenly on ice, the system will antilock to prevent skidding.

  • He antilocked the brakes to avoid skidding on the wet road.

  • The car's advanced safety features can antilock the wheels during emergency stops.

  • The technician antilocked the brakes to test the system.

  • Modern vehicles automatically antilock the brakes to help drivers maintain control on slippery roads.

  • If you brake suddenly on ice, the system will antilock to prevent skidding.

  • The car's advanced safety features can antilock the wheels during emergency stops.

Antonyms

to lock
398 2.5

To become stiff and unable to move a part of the body

Surface Forms

antilock infinitive
antilocked past
antilocked past participle
antilocking present participle
antilocks third person singular

Morphology

antilock = antilock (semi-transparent) = anti + lock

The verbal use is built from the same transparent components, but it is a specialized and less conventional extension in vehicle language.

Etymology

Antilock comes from anti- meaning 'against' and lock meaning 'to stop moving'. To antilock the brakes is to prevent them from locking in a hard stop so the car keeps moving and you can steer.