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clock
Noun
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A clock is an instrument that tells you what the time is. A small clock which you carry is called a watch.
He was sleepy, and the clock said 11:32.
The digital clock on the wall tells her that it is almost six-thirty.
She'd never before been in a house which did not have a clock ticking somewhere.
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# If a clock is fast, it shows a time after the real time.
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#: He looked at the clock and then at his watch: The clock was nine minutes fast. He still had some time.
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# If a clock is slow, it shows a time before the real time.
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If something goes around the clock, it goes for 24 hours without stop.
His family stayed at Scott's bedside around the clock.
The museum is open around the clock from May 26 at 12:01 a.m. through May 28 at 11:59 p.m.
clock
Verb
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If you clock something, you measure how long it takes or how fast it moves.
The police clocked the car at 137 km/h.
The drive took twenty-two minutes; he clocked it.
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If something clocks a time or a speed, it takes that long or moves that fast.
The trip clocks in at about 12 hours.
He clocked 9.12 seconds, a new world record.
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If you clock in or out at work, school, etc., you record the time they arrive or leave.
He clocked in at four a.m. for a twelve-hour shift.
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If you clock up a number of things, you reach that total after some time.
Because I drive one hour to work, I'm clocking up a lot of miles.
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If you clock someone, you hit them hard in the head.
He might take some time to wake up. He got clocked pretty good.
line
Noun
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A mark that is long, straight and very thin.
She drew a line down the middle of the page to divide the page into two parts.
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A row.
Put the buttons in a straight line on the front of the shirt.
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A row of people who are waiting for something in order; a queue.
You got here last, so you have to stand at the back of the line.
line
Verb
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Someone lines things up when they put them in a straight line or row.
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Someone lines something up when they put it just in the right place or at the edge of something.
Line up the end of the piece of wood with the edge of the table.
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Someone lines up when they start waiting in a line (queue) with other people.
Everyone line up here, please, and I'll help you one at a time.
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Someone lines something when they mark it with one or more lines.
Please line the pitch before the match.
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Someone lines something when they add an inside layer of material (liner) to it.