clock

clock
I
n.

1) to regulate, set; wind a clock

2) to advance a clock; or: to set, turn a clock ahead (by one hour)

3) to set, turn a clock back (by ten minutes)

4) an alarm; cuckoo; electric; grandfather; wall clock

5) a biological clock

6) a clock is fast; right; slow

7) a clock gains time; goes; keeps time; loses time; runs down; stops

8) a clock strikes the hour

9) (misc.) to watch the clock ('to wait impatiently for the end of the working day'); to work around the clock ('to work without rest'); the clock ran out ('the allotted time expired'); to stop the clock ('to suspend play in a game so that the clock stops running')

II

v. (D; tr.) ('to time') to clock at (he was clocked at a record speed)

* * *
[klɒk]
cuckoo
electric
goes
grandfather
keeps time
loses time
or: to set
runs down
stops
to stop the clock ('to suspend play in a game so that the clock stops running') .
wall clock
wind a clock
the clock ran out ('the allotted time expired')
to work around the clock ('to work without rest')
turn a clock ahead (by one hour)
turn a clock back (by ten minutes)
a biological clock
a clock gains time
a clock is fast
a clock strikes the hour
an alarm
to advance a clock
to regulate
to set
(misc.) to watch the clock ('to wait impatiently for the end of the working day')
(D;tr.) ('to time') to clockat (he was clocked at a record speed)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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