"forelock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: forelocks [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English *forelock, *forelok, from Old English forelocc, equivalent to fore- + lock. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*forelock}} Middle English *forelock, {{m|enm|*forelok}} *forelok, {{inh|en|ang|forelocc}} Old English forelocc, {{af|en|fore-|lock}} fore- + lock Head templates: {{en-noun}} forelock (plural forelocks)
  1. The part of a person's hairstyle which covers the forehead. Categories (topical): Hair Synonyms (part of hairstyle): bangs [US], fringe [UK] Translations (hair that hangs over the forehead): προκόμιον (prokómion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), перчем (perčem) [masculine] (Bulgarian), serrell [masculine] (Catalan), ofina [feminine] (Czech), otsatukka (Finnish), frange (French), guedelleira [feminine] (Galician), liceira [feminine] (Galician), milfeira [feminine] (Galician), Stirnhaar [neuter] (German), Stirnlocke [feminine] (German), frangia [feminine] (Italian), frangetta [feminine] (Italian), ciuffo [masculine] (Italian), puahau (Maori), grzywka [feminine] (Polish), franja [feminine] (Portuguese), flequillo [masculine] (Spanish), lugg [common-gender] (Swedish), טשופּ (tshup) [masculine] (Yiddish), טשופּרינע (tshuprine) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-forelock-en-noun-FoJiHLTr Disambiguation of Hair: 57 37 5 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 57 7 23 13 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 23 13 33 31 Disambiguation of 'part of hairstyle': 80 20 Disambiguation of 'hair that hangs over the forehead': 58 42
  2. The part of a horse's (or similar animal's) mane that lies on its forehead. Synonyms (part of horse's mane): foretop Translations (front part of a mane): serrell [masculine] (Catalan), otsaharja (Finnish), toupet [masculine] (French), ciuffo [masculine] (Italian), кекіл (kekıl) (Kazakh), grzywa [feminine] (Polish), чёлка (čólka) [feminine] (Russian), copete [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-forelock-en-noun-GlSvoNkx Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 23 13 33 31 Disambiguation of "part of horse's mane": 34 66 Disambiguation of 'front part of a mane': 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: forelocked, forelocking, take time by the forelock, tug one's forelock, pull one's forelock, touch one's forelock
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: forelocks [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English forelok, equivalent to fore- + lock. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forelok}} Middle English forelok, {{af|en|fore-|lock}} fore- + lock Head templates: {{en-noun}} forelock (plural forelocks)
  1. A wedge pushed through a hole at the end of a bolt to hold it in place.
    Sense id: en-forelock-en-noun-WxXPsBRB Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 23 13 33 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: forelocks [present, singular, third-person], forelocking [participle, present], forelocked [participle, past], forelocked [past]
Etymology: From Middle English forelok, equivalent to fore- + lock. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forelok}} Middle English forelok, {{af|en|fore-|lock}} fore- + lock Head templates: {{en-verb}} forelock (third-person singular simple present forelocks, present participle forelocking, simple past and past participle forelocked)
  1. To fix in place with a forelock (wedge)
    Sense id: en-forelock-en-verb-dzWO0oXH Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 23 13 33 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1945, George Orwell, chapter 5, in Animal Farm",
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          "text": "Warm with the blood of lads I know / Comes east the sighing air. / / It fanned their temples, filled their lungs, / Scattered their forelocks free;",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1978, Edmund White, chapter VIII, in Nocturnes for the King of Naples, New York: St. Martin's Press, page 135",
          "text": "This little boy, still flicking his head to one side between sentences though the long blond forelock that once excused the tic had been cut […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The part of a person's hairstyle which covers the forehead."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hairstyle",
          "hairstyle"
        ],
        [
          "forehead",
          "forehead"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1898, Ivan Turgenev, translated by Constance Garnett, A Lear of the Steppes and Other Stories, New York: Macmillan, page 146",
          "text": "[…] the gates themselves slowly parted, there appeared a large horse's head, with a plaited forelock under a decorated yoke, and slowly there rolled into the road a small cart, like those driven by horse-dealers, and higglers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1945, George Orwell, chapter 5, in Animal Farm",
          "text": "Even Boxer was vaguely troubled. He set his ears back, shook his forelock several times, and tried hard to marshal his thoughts; but in the end he could not think of anything to say.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The part of a horse's (or similar animal's) mane that lies on its forehead."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mane",
          "mane"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "part of hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "bangs"
    },
    {
      "sense": "part of hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "fringe"
    },
    {
      "sense": "part of horse's mane",
      "word": "foretop"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "perčem",
      "sense": "hair that hangs over the forehead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "перчем"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "hair that hangs over the forehead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "serrell"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "hair that hangs over the forehead",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ofina"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hair that hangs over the forehead",
      "word": "otsatukka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hair that hangs over the forehead",
      "word": "frange"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hair that hangs over the forehead",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guedelleira"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hair that hangs over the forehead",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "liceira"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hair that hangs over the forehead",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "milfeira"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hair that hangs over the forehead",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Stirnhaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hair that hangs over the forehead",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Stirnlocke"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "prokómion",
      "sense": "hair that hangs over the forehead",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "προκόμιον"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hair that hangs over the forehead",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frangia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hair that hangs over the forehead",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frangetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hair that hangs over the forehead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ciuffo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hair that hangs over the forehead",
      "word": "puahau"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hair that hangs over the forehead",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grzywka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hair that hangs over the forehead",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "franja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hair that hangs over the forehead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flequillo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hair that hangs over the forehead",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lugg"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tshup",
      "sense": "hair that hangs over the forehead",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "טשופּ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tshuprine",
      "sense": "hair that hangs over the forehead",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "טשופּרינע"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "front part of a mane",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "serrell"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "front part of a mane",
      "word": "otsaharja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "front part of a mane",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "toupet"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "front part of a mane",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ciuffo"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "kekıl",
      "sense": "front part of a mane",
      "word": "кекіл"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "front part of a mane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grzywa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čólka",
      "sense": "front part of a mane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чёлка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "front part of a mane",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "copete"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forelock"
}

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    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms prefixed with fore-",
    "English verbs",
    "en:Hair"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "forelok"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English forelok",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "lock"
      },
      "expansion": "fore- + lock",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English forelok, equivalent to fore- + lock.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "forelocks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A wedge pushed through a hole at the end of a bolt to hold it in place."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wedge",
          "wedge"
        ],
        [
          "bolt",
          "bolt"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "forelock"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms prefixed with fore-",
    "English verbs",
    "en:Hair"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "forelok"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English forelok",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fore-",
        "3": "lock"
      },
      "expansion": "fore- + lock",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English forelok, equivalent to fore- + lock.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "forelocks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forelocking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forelocked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forelocked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1835, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 14, in The Monikins",
          "text": "At one extremity each pair was firmly connected by a short, massive, iron link, of about two feet in length; and, at its opposite end, a large eye-bolt was driven into each stick, where it was securely forelocked.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fix in place with a forelock (wedge)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fix",
          "fix"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "forelock"
}

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