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
Sherlock Holmes picked them up one by one, and laid them along the edge of the table.
Sherlock Holmes recovered from the strain caused by his immense exertions in the spring of ’87.
The two Cunninghams were bending over the prostrate figure of Sherlock Holmes, the younger clutching his throat with both hands, while the elder seemed to be twisting one of his wrists.
Sherlock Holmes was as good as his word, for about one o’clock he rejoined us in the Colonel’s smoking-room.
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