CLOCK

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n.

1) to regulate, set; wind a ~

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

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

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

5) a biological ~

6) a ~ is fast; right; slow

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

8) a ~ strikes the hour

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

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