Definition of forelock in English:

forelock

noun ˈfɔːlɒkˈfɔrˌlɑk

1A lock of hair growing just above the forehead.
Example sentencesExamples
- He wiped over his forelock and his turban and his socks.
- Without fiscal autonomy Scots will always end up going to London furiously tugging their forelocks as they push forward the national begging bowl.
- His shaggy forelock of dark hair was sticking up oddly over his shocked eyes.
- Red hair was greased back, allowing only two forelocks to fall.
- Natai tied up his hair with a ribbon and pushed the forelock form his eyes.
- Tse's boyish look, bolstered by his trademark floppy forelocks, is a crucial signpost from the very beginning.
- It started to snow and through the snow I saw a greenish forelock to the armless girl's hair.
- Feeling slightly annoyed, I turned and looked, nudging my forelock out of my eyes so I could see better, not having to look through strands of fine, black hair.
- He grasps a forelock between his thumb, his index finger, and the one beside it and he twirls it around and around, until it stands up in a little tuft.
- Bring it diagonally across the forelock, where it will become the first ‘center’ strand.
- Every fleeting image was of a taller young man, perhaps in his early forties, a man with longish brown hair distinguished by a single white forelock falling into warm hazel eyes.
- Two surgical hair restoration sessions were used to integrate transplanted hair into the resident terminal hair of the forelock, producing a central density that should persist for many years.
- Sam Beckett seemed to be a handsome man in his early forties, with a single white forelock in an otherwise brown head of hair.
Synonyms
tress, tuft, curl
1. 1.1 The part of the mane of a horse or similar animal, which grows from the poll and hangs down over the forehead.
  Example sentencesExamples
  She absently stroked the horse's silky forelock but an insistent whinny reminded her of Hope.
  The saddle, armor, and bit of his horse were green as well, and each of the green strands of the horse's mane, forelock, and tail was braided with a gold thread and a string of golden bells.
  The animals were all tethered by their forelocks and would not have wandered away even if the women left behind were not there.
  Becoming faster now, she tossed the face brush back into the box and grabbed the comb, taking a few runs through his mane and forelock, just getting the remnants of hay out of it.
  He has an all-white body with colored ears and some color in his forelock and mane, but I believe that will disappear and he will become all white.
  Only 10 strands of hair from the tail, forelock, but preferably the mane, are needed, pulled in exactly the same way as required for thinning manes.
  One of the Shetlands called Pinkerton is a palomino with large bulging black eyes, a long forelock, mane and tail and a sandy coloured mark down his spine.
  I work my way up his legs and then onto his mane and forelock and lastly his back.
  An hour passed as I brushed him, trimmed his forelock, and picked his feet.
  Their mane, tails, and forelocks are the same color as their coats and can be a shade or two darker.
  Most species have a mane on the neck and a lock of hair on the forepart of the head known as a forelock.
  They have an erect mane and lack the forelock of a horse.
  Horse owners know the whole story when it comes to our horse's manes, tails and forelocks.
  The tails and some forelocks of the horses, who were from different sires, were cut at the weekend, but the animals, belonging to various vendors, were not interfered with or injured in any other way.
  Its mane and forelock were thick and black as well, and its deep brown eyes stared happily at Tam as she got the bridle from a hook in the stall.
  He flicked his ears forward attentively and tossed his head, sending his forelock and mane flying.
  Calmly standing in the stall was a chocolate brown blood mare, a splash of white coloring her forelocks and spreading down to the knee on her front left leg.
  The mare touched down in a clearing a little ways away from the end of the forest, she trotted a few strides and then stopped and snorted, disrupting her long forelock.
  Rolling her eyes, she gathered the horse's forelock and gently lifted the bit from his mouth.
  They will take two or three years to grow back properly - and in the summer the horses need their forelocks to brush away bugs and flies and stop infections.

Phrases

take time by the forelock

literary Seize an opportunity.
Example sentencesExamples
- An author who writes for these publications is bound to suit himself to these exigencies, and can generally do so without personal loss or inconvenience, if he will only take time by the forelock.
- If in government service, take time by the forelock and secure posts you are well qualified to hold.
- Nothing else will take their place, but to have them in perfection we must take time by the forelock.
- The Sheriff took time by the forelock, and had important business up the river and day the trial commenced.
- We were taking time by the forelock and making sure of the German indemnity-in services rendered.
- Hence the need of taking time by the forelock and getting rid of the worms before they get in their work.

touch (or tug) one's forelock

Raise a hand to one's forehead in deference when meeting a person of higher social rank.
Example sentencesExamples
- The consumer culture didn't require you to tug your forelock and look deserving when you approached the till.
- But as hunting has come under more pressure in recent years, hunters have realised it is no longer enough to rely on tradition and our natural reflex to tug our forelock to our betters.
- Just shut up and hand over your money, like a good peasant, and don't forget to tug your forelock.
- In the 21st century it should not be a case of expecting employees to just tug their forelock and tow the line.
- I dream of living in a republic, where we can all hold our heads high and the urge to tug our forelock or doff our cap when we hear those twangy upper-class vowels becomes a thing of the past.
- He touched his forelock as though in salute and watched as she tripped daintily out of the stables, lifting her skirts an inch or two so as not to muddy them.
- Scotland is just seen as great for shooting, golf and tugging your forelock, which is why so many get out.
- I was too busy tugging my forelock to pull her up on it, I really hate being rude to nice people.
- ‘I have never been brought up to doff my cap or tug my forelock,’ she says with steely assertion.
- Not many country people now tug their forelock at the sight of a member of the House of Lords, unless, that is, they happen to owe them money.

Rhymes

oarlock, warlock

Definition of forelock in US English:

forelock

nounˈfɔrˌlɑkˈfôrˌläk

1A lock of hair growing just above the forehead.
Example sentencesExamples
- Natai tied up his hair with a ribbon and pushed the forelock form his eyes.
- Tse's boyish look, bolstered by his trademark floppy forelocks, is a crucial signpost from the very beginning.
- His shaggy forelock of dark hair was sticking up oddly over his shocked eyes.
- He wiped over his forelock and his turban and his socks.
- He grasps a forelock between his thumb, his index finger, and the one beside it and he twirls it around and around, until it stands up in a little tuft.
- Every fleeting image was of a taller young man, perhaps in his early forties, a man with longish brown hair distinguished by a single white forelock falling into warm hazel eyes.
- Red hair was greased back, allowing only two forelocks to fall.
- Feeling slightly annoyed, I turned and looked, nudging my forelock out of my eyes so I could see better, not having to look through strands of fine, black hair.
- Bring it diagonally across the forelock, where it will become the first ‘center’ strand.
- Two surgical hair restoration sessions were used to integrate transplanted hair into the resident terminal hair of the forelock, producing a central density that should persist for many years.
- Without fiscal autonomy Scots will always end up going to London furiously tugging their forelocks as they push forward the national begging bowl.
- It started to snow and through the snow I saw a greenish forelock to the armless girl's hair.
- Sam Beckett seemed to be a handsome man in his early forties, with a single white forelock in an otherwise brown head of hair.
Synonyms
tress, tuft, curl
1. 1.1 The part of the mane of a horse or similar animal, which grows from the poll and hangs down over the forehead.
  Example sentencesExamples
  They will take two or three years to grow back properly - and in the summer the horses need their forelocks to brush away bugs and flies and stop infections.
  Rolling her eyes, she gathered the horse's forelock and gently lifted the bit from his mouth.
  She absently stroked the horse's silky forelock but an insistent whinny reminded her of Hope.
  The tails and some forelocks of the horses, who were from different sires, were cut at the weekend, but the animals, belonging to various vendors, were not interfered with or injured in any other way.
  The mare touched down in a clearing a little ways away from the end of the forest, she trotted a few strides and then stopped and snorted, disrupting her long forelock.
  He has an all-white body with colored ears and some color in his forelock and mane, but I believe that will disappear and he will become all white.
  An hour passed as I brushed him, trimmed his forelock, and picked his feet.
  I work my way up his legs and then onto his mane and forelock and lastly his back.
  Horse owners know the whole story when it comes to our horse's manes, tails and forelocks.
  Becoming faster now, she tossed the face brush back into the box and grabbed the comb, taking a few runs through his mane and forelock, just getting the remnants of hay out of it.
  The saddle, armor, and bit of his horse were green as well, and each of the green strands of the horse's mane, forelock, and tail was braided with a gold thread and a string of golden bells.
  They have an erect mane and lack the forelock of a horse.
  Calmly standing in the stall was a chocolate brown blood mare, a splash of white coloring her forelocks and spreading down to the knee on her front left leg.
  One of the Shetlands called Pinkerton is a palomino with large bulging black eyes, a long forelock, mane and tail and a sandy coloured mark down his spine.
  Their mane, tails, and forelocks are the same color as their coats and can be a shade or two darker.
  He flicked his ears forward attentively and tossed his head, sending his forelock and mane flying.
  The animals were all tethered by their forelocks and would not have wandered away even if the women left behind were not there.
  Most species have a mane on the neck and a lock of hair on the forepart of the head known as a forelock.
  Its mane and forelock were thick and black as well, and its deep brown eyes stared happily at Tam as she got the bridle from a hook in the stall.
  Only 10 strands of hair from the tail, forelock, but preferably the mane, are needed, pulled in exactly the same way as required for thinning manes.

单词	forelock
释义	Definition of forelock in English: forelock noun ˈfɔːlɒkˈfɔrˌlɑk 1A lock of hair growing just above the forehead. Example sentencesExamples He wiped over his forelock and his turban and his socks. Without fiscal autonomy Scots will always end up going to London furiously tugging their forelocks as they push forward the national begging bowl. His shaggy forelock of dark hair was sticking up oddly over his shocked eyes. Red hair was greased back, allowing only two forelocks to fall. Natai tied up his hair with a ribbon and pushed the forelock form his eyes. Tse's boyish look, bolstered by his trademark floppy forelocks, is a crucial signpost from the very beginning. It started to snow and through the snow I saw a greenish forelock to the armless girl's hair. Feeling slightly annoyed, I turned and looked, nudging my forelock out of my eyes so I could see better, not having to look through strands of fine, black hair. He grasps a forelock between his thumb, his index finger, and the one beside it and he twirls it around and around, until it stands up in a little tuft. Bring it diagonally across the forelock, where it will become the first ‘center’ strand. Every fleeting image was of a taller young man, perhaps in his early forties, a man with longish brown hair distinguished by a single white forelock falling into warm hazel eyes. Two surgical hair restoration sessions were used to integrate transplanted hair into the resident terminal hair of the forelock, producing a central density that should persist for many years. Sam Beckett seemed to be a handsome man in his early forties, with a single white forelock in an otherwise brown head of hair. Synonyms tress, tuft, curl 1.1 The part of the mane of a horse or similar animal, which grows from the poll and hangs down over the forehead. Example sentencesExamples She absently stroked the horse's silky forelock but an insistent whinny reminded her of Hope. The saddle, armor, and bit of his horse were green as well, and each of the green strands of the horse's mane, forelock, and tail was braided with a gold thread and a string of golden bells. The animals were all tethered by their forelocks and would not have wandered away even if the women left behind were not there. Becoming faster now, she tossed the face brush back into the box and grabbed the comb, taking a few runs through his mane and forelock, just getting the remnants of hay out of it. He has an all-white body with colored ears and some color in his forelock and mane, but I believe that will disappear and he will become all white. Only 10 strands of hair from the tail, forelock, but preferably the mane, are needed, pulled in exactly the same way as required for thinning manes. One of the Shetlands called Pinkerton is a palomino with large bulging black eyes, a long forelock, mane and tail and a sandy coloured mark down his spine. I work my way up his legs and then onto his mane and forelock and lastly his back. An hour passed as I brushed him, trimmed his forelock, and picked his feet. Their mane, tails, and forelocks are the same color as their coats and can be a shade or two darker. Most species have a mane on the neck and a lock of hair on the forepart of the head known as a forelock. They have an erect mane and lack the forelock of a horse. Horse owners know the whole story when it comes to our horse's manes, tails and forelocks. The tails and some forelocks of the horses, who were from different sires, were cut at the weekend, but the animals, belonging to various vendors, were not interfered with or injured in any other way. Its mane and forelock were thick and black as well, and its deep brown eyes stared happily at Tam as she got the bridle from a hook in the stall. He flicked his ears forward attentively and tossed his head, sending his forelock and mane flying. Calmly standing in the stall was a chocolate brown blood mare, a splash of white coloring her forelocks and spreading down to the knee on her front left leg. The mare touched down in a clearing a little ways away from the end of the forest, she trotted a few strides and then stopped and snorted, disrupting her long forelock. Rolling her eyes, she gathered the horse's forelock and gently lifted the bit from his mouth. They will take two or three years to grow back properly - and in the summer the horses need their forelocks to brush away bugs and flies and stop infections. Phrases take time by the forelock literary Seize an opportunity. Example sentencesExamples An author who writes for these publications is bound to suit himself to these exigencies, and can generally do so without personal loss or inconvenience, if he will only take time by the forelock. If in government service, take time by the forelock and secure posts you are well qualified to hold. Nothing else will take their place, but to have them in perfection we must take time by the forelock. The Sheriff took time by the forelock, and had important business up the river and day the trial commenced. We were taking time by the forelock and making sure of the German indemnity-in services rendered. Hence the need of taking time by the forelock and getting rid of the worms before they get in their work. touch (or tug) one's forelock Raise a hand to one's forehead in deference when meeting a person of higher social rank. Example sentencesExamples The consumer culture didn't require you to tug your forelock and look deserving when you approached the till. But as hunting has come under more pressure in recent years, hunters have realised it is no longer enough to rely on tradition and our natural reflex to tug our forelock to our betters. Just shut up and hand over your money, like a good peasant, and don't forget to tug your forelock. In the 21st century it should not be a case of expecting employees to just tug their forelock and tow the line. I dream of living in a republic, where we can all hold our heads high and the urge to tug our forelock or doff our cap when we hear those twangy upper-class vowels becomes a thing of the past. He touched his forelock as though in salute and watched as she tripped daintily out of the stables, lifting her skirts an inch or two so as not to muddy them. Scotland is just seen as great for shooting, golf and tugging your forelock, which is why so many get out. I was too busy tugging my forelock to pull her up on it, I really hate being rude to nice people. ‘I have never been brought up to doff my cap or tug my forelock,’ she says with steely assertion. Not many country people now tug their forelock at the sight of a member of the House of Lords, unless, that is, they happen to owe them money. Rhymes oarlock, warlock noun.1 phr. Definition of forelock in US English: forelock nounˈfɔrˌlɑkˈfôrˌläk 1A lock of hair growing just above the forehead. Example sentencesExamples Natai tied up his hair with a ribbon and pushed the forelock form his eyes. Tse's boyish look, bolstered by his trademark floppy forelocks, is a crucial signpost from the very beginning. His shaggy forelock of dark hair was sticking up oddly over his shocked eyes. He wiped over his forelock and his turban and his socks. He grasps a forelock between his thumb, his index finger, and the one beside it and he twirls it around and around, until it stands up in a little tuft. Every fleeting image was of a taller young man, perhaps in his early forties, a man with longish brown hair distinguished by a single white forelock falling into warm hazel eyes. Red hair was greased back, allowing only two forelocks to fall. Feeling slightly annoyed, I turned and looked, nudging my forelock out of my eyes so I could see better, not having to look through strands of fine, black hair. Bring it diagonally across the forelock, where it will become the first ‘center’ strand. Two surgical hair restoration sessions were used to integrate transplanted hair into the resident terminal hair of the forelock, producing a central density that should persist for many years. Without fiscal autonomy Scots will always end up going to London furiously tugging their forelocks as they push forward the national begging bowl. It started to snow and through the snow I saw a greenish forelock to the armless girl's hair. Sam Beckett seemed to be a handsome man in his early forties, with a single white forelock in an otherwise brown head of hair. Synonyms tress, tuft, curl 1.1 The part of the mane of a horse or similar animal, which grows from the poll and hangs down over the forehead. Example sentencesExamples They will take two or three years to grow back properly - and in the summer the horses need their forelocks to brush away bugs and flies and stop infections. Rolling her eyes, she gathered the horse's forelock and gently lifted the bit from his mouth. She absently stroked the horse's silky forelock but an insistent whinny reminded her of Hope. The tails and some forelocks of the horses, who were from different sires, were cut at the weekend, but the animals, belonging to various vendors, were not interfered with or injured in any other way. The mare touched down in a clearing a little ways away from the end of the forest, she trotted a few strides and then stopped and snorted, disrupting her long forelock. He has an all-white body with colored ears and some color in his forelock and mane, but I believe that will disappear and he will become all white. An hour passed as I brushed him, trimmed his forelock, and picked his feet. I work my way up his legs and then onto his mane and forelock and lastly his back. Horse owners know the whole story when it comes to our horse's manes, tails and forelocks. Becoming faster now, she tossed the face brush back into the box and grabbed the comb, taking a few runs through his mane and forelock, just getting the remnants of hay out of it. The saddle, armor, and bit of his horse were green as well, and each of the green strands of the horse's mane, forelock, and tail was braided with a gold thread and a string of golden bells. They have an erect mane and lack the forelock of a horse. Calmly standing in the stall was a chocolate brown blood mare, a splash of white coloring her forelocks and spreading down to the knee on her front left leg. One of the Shetlands called Pinkerton is a palomino with large bulging black eyes, a long forelock, mane and tail and a sandy coloured mark down his spine. Their mane, tails, and forelocks are the same color as their coats and can be a shade or two darker. He flicked his ears forward attentively and tossed his head, sending his forelock and mane flying. The animals were all tethered by their forelocks and would not have wandered away even if the women left behind were not there. Most species have a mane on the neck and a lock of hair on the forepart of the head known as a forelock. Its mane and forelock were thick and black as well, and its deep brown eyes stared happily at Tam as she got the bridle from a hook in the stall. Only 10 strands of hair from the tail, forelock, but preferably the mane, are needed, pulled in exactly the same way as required for thinning manes.
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