Meaning

1 senses

  1. To display the cursor as an hourglass indicating that the computer is busy or processing.

Examples

9 sentences

  1. Mary has an hourglass figure.

    ruУ Маши тип фигуры «песочные часы». — paul_lingvo

    deMaria hat eine Sanduhrfigur. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. My uncle gave me an hourglass.

    ruМой дядя дал мне песочные часы. — sharptoothed

    deMein Onkel gab mir eine Sanduhr. — Esperantostern

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  3. Mary has a perfect hourglass figure.

    deMaria hat eine perfekte Eieruhrfigur. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. The hourglass rotates itself using gravity.

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  5. I'd like to stop the hourglass.

    deIch möchte die Sanduhr anhalten. — mraz

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Origin

From hour + glass.

From hour + glass.

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Forms

hourglasses, hourglassing, hourglassed, hourglassed
Base formhourglass · to hourglass
3rd person singularhourglasses
Present participlehourglassing
Past simplehourglassed
Past participlehourglassed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhourglass
he, she, ithourglasses

Past simpleLesson

all personshourglassed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hourglassed
he, she, ithas hourglassed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hourglass

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hottiehoundhourA1hourlyB2houseA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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