(intransitive) To become a Roman Catholic religious. / (transitive) To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not. / (intransitive) To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.

(idiomatic, cricket) To turn the face of the bat inwards, in order to hit the ball to the leg side.

(cricket) The end of a day's play / (tennis) The end of the final game (not to be confused with set or match) during a day at the All England Tennis Championships (Wimbledon)

(intransitive, slang) To be just on the point of soiling oneself.

Marked by menacing furtive secrecy, often with a melodramatic tint or espionage involved.

A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club. / (Britain, Ireland) A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport.

(sometimes figuratively) A sewer.

(astronomy) The Solar System's Oort cloud, extending from 50,000 to 100,000 astronomical units (approximately 1 light year) from the sun; supposedly the source of most comets around the Solar System.

A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.

Driven by clockwork. / Very smooth and regular.