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duck
     1. Substantiv:
     2. [1] allgemein: Ente
     3. [2] speziell: erwachsene, weibliche Ente [1]
     4. [3] (kein Plural): Ente, Entenfleisch
     5. Verb:
     6. [1] sich ducken
           [1] An Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at George W. Bush, forcing him to duck.
           [1] "At the window a face looks back out and for a moment is caught in the moonlight, then its ducks back inside to carry on with its business."
Englisch > Englisch
duck
     1. v. (intransitive) To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
     2. v. To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
     3. v. To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
     4. v. (intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
     5. v. (intransitive) To bow.
     6. v. To evade doing something.
     7. v. To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
     8. v. (intransitive, Australia) To enter a place for a short moment.
           I'm just going to duck into the loo for a minute, can you hold my bag?
     9. subst. An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
     10. subst. Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.
     11. subst. The flesh of a duck used as food.
     12. subst. (cricket) A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)
     13. subst. (slang) A playing card with the rank of two.
     14. subst. A partly-flooded cave passage with limited air space.
     15. subst. A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.
           A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.
     16. subst. A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.
     17. subst. (US) A cairn used to mark a trail.
     18. subst. One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.
     19. subst. A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.
     20. subst. (in plural) Trousers made of such material.
     21. subst. (A term of endearment); pet; darling.
           And hold-fast is the only dog, my duck (William Shakespeare - The Life of King Henry the Fifth, Act 2, Scene 3).
     22. subst. (Midlands) Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).
           Ay up duck, ow'a'tha?
Deutsch > Englisch
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     1. n-f. duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)
     2. n-f. (especially) mallard; the commonest duck species in the area, thought of as the duck per se
     3. n-f. (informal) Citroën 2CV
     4. n-f. (medicine) urinal (vessel for holding urine)
     5. n-f. (journalism) canard (false or misleading report)
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This image can be seen either as a duck or as a rabbit. 
    In diesem Bild kann man sowohl eine Ente als auch ein Kaninchen erkennen.
In the meantime, outside the palace walls, the poor White Duck swam up and down the pond. 
    Draußen vor den Schlossmauern schwamm das arme weiße Entlein derweil auf dem Teich umher.
The next morning the White Duck wandered round the pond, looking for her little ones; she called and she searched, but could find no trace of them. 
    Am nächsten Morgen wanderte die Weiße Ente rund um den Teich, auf der Suche nach ihren Kleinen; sie rief und sie suchte, doch sie konnte keine Spur von ihnen finden.
In the middle of a pond on a tiny island is a charming little duck house. 
    In der Mitte eines Teiches steht auf einer kleinen Insel ein bezauberndes Entenhäuschen.
This image can be seen either as a duck or as a rabbit, but not as both at the same time. 
    Man kann auf diesem Bild entweder eine Ente oder ein Kaninchen erkennen, nicht aber beides zur gleichen Zeit.



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