Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun European weed naturalized in the southwestern U. S. and Mexico (
Erodium cicutarium ), having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender pinlike fruits that stick straight up; it is often grown for forage.
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- noun Plural form of
clock . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
clock .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage
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Examples
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For you know -- or will learn -- that there are clocks _and clocks_.
Christopher and the Clockmakers Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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Not forgetting to reset the clocks is a challenge everyone has to master, but the switch to or from daylight saving poses extra challenges for tech-laden travellers.
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Not forgetting to reset the clocks is a challenge everyone has to master, but the switch to or from daylight saving poses extra challenges for tech-laden travellers.
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Not forgetting to reset the clocks is a challenge everyone has to master, but the switch to or from daylight saving poses extra challenges for tech-laden travellers.
Daylight Saving Traps For Travellers | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Learning conversational Spanish and re-setting their "internal clocks" is more difficult.
Page 4 2009
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Learning conversational Spanish and re-setting their "internal clocks" is more difficult.
Page 4 2009
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Learning conversational Spanish and re-setting their "internal clocks" is more difficult.
Page 4 2009
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In any case, all this brouhaha about bioligical clocks is too steeped in class and race for my liking.
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Learning conversational Spanish and re-setting their "internal clocks" is more difficult.
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Learning conversational Spanish and re-setting their "internal clocks" is more difficult.
Page 4 2009
lampbane commented on the word clocks
"Confusion that never stops
The closing walls and the ticking clocks
Gonna come back and take you home
I could not stop, that you now know
Singing come out upon my seas
Cursed missed opportunities
Am I part of the cure
Or am I part of the disease"
January 8, 2007