Sherlock
/ˈʃɜɹ.lɒk/ verb C2- To deduce.
- To search.
- To obsolete a unique feature in third-party software by introducing a similar or identical feature to the OS or a first-party program/app.
He/she/it Sherlocks · Past Sherlocked · Past participle Sherlocked · -ing form Sherlocking
Verb forms
- Base form
- sherlock
- He/she/it
- sherlocks
- Past
- sherlocked
- Past participle
- sherlocked
- -ing form
- sherlocking
From the library
“I should do so,” Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently.
Sherlock Holmes had pushed away his untasted breakfast and lit the unsavoury pipe which was the companion of his deepest meditations.
## Chapter II Sherlock Holmes Discourses
Sherlock Holmes’s eyes glistened, his pale cheeks took a warmer hue, and his whole eager face shone with an inward light when the call for work reached him.
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