Holmes

[ hohmz, hohlmz ]

noun

1. John Haynes [heynz], 1879–1964, U.S. clergyman.
2. Oliver Wen·dell [wen, -dl], 1809–94, U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, and physician.
3. his son Oliver Wendell, 1841–1935, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1902–32.
4. Sherlock, a detective in many mystery stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Holmes

/ həʊmz /

noun

1. HolmesOliver Wendell18091894MUSWRITING: writerWRITING: essayist Oliver Wendell. 1809–94, US author, esp of humorous essays, such as The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1858) and its sequels
2. HolmesOliver Wendell18411935MUSLAW: jurist his son, Oliver Wendell. 1841–1935, US jurist, noted for his liberal judgments
3. HolmesPaul19502012MNew ZealandFILMS & TV: presenter Sir Paul .1950–2013, New Zealand radio and television broadcaster; presenter of The Paul Holmes Breakfast , (1987–2008)

Holmes

/ hōmz,hōlmz /

1. British geologist who pioneered a method of determining the age of rocks by measuring their radioactive components. He was also an early supporter of Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift.

Example Sentences

This Holmes phrase invited a close inquiry into the facts about a specific regulation, not some flight of abstract fancy.

From Washington Post

Yet it is hard to buy his core idea that our system of constitutional rights went wrong just because of Holmes or that it can be repaired by proportionality review.

From Washington Post

Holmes was not the advocate for abstract, acontextual analysis that Greene imagines.

From Washington Post

The group is first mentioned in the 1887 story "A Study in Scarlet," in which Holmes pays them each a shilling to track down a particular cabbie.

From Ars Technica

More variability suggests that you are “more adaptive” to what’s going on around you, Holmes says.

From Popular-Science

Sherlock Holmes is a new millennium sex symbol with books, movies, and TV episodes introducing him to a new generation of fans.

From The Daily Beast

The cops were as incompetent as they often appear to be in the Holmes stories.

From The Daily Beast

Holmes addicts had arrived at the show from all over the world.

From The Daily Beast

I fancy Holmes would have destroyed those theories with nothing more than his intuition.

From The Daily Beast

LONDON — If Sherlock Holmes was such a smart detective, why was he not put on the case of Jack the Ripper?

From The Daily Beast

Old Holmes furrowed his brow and closed one eye, seeking with the other the inspiration of the sky.

From Project Gutenberg

"Mind what I told you, Henery," he whispered very loud, glaring at Mr. Holmes.

From Project Gutenberg

Henry Holmes was standing with his back to the stove, one hand wagging up and down at the solemn line of figures on the bench.

From Project Gutenberg

"All Ike's property to-day ain't as val'able to me now as that cent was then," Mr. Holmes answered solemnly.

From Project Gutenberg

Old Mr. Holmes started to protest, but Aaron Kallaberger quieted him with an offering of tobacco.

From Project Gutenberg