mauern

I v/t build (with bricks); ein gemauerter Kamin a bricked-in fireplace

II v/i

1. build masonry, lay bricks

2. SPORT play defensively, close the game down; Kartenspiel: hold back

3. fig. stonewall, stall

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to stonewall

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mau|ern ['mauɐn]

1. vi

1) (= Maurerarbeit machen) to build, to lay bricks

2) (CARDS) to hold back; (FTBL sl) to stonewall, to play defensively; (fig) to stall, to stonewall (ESP PARL)

2. vt

to build; (= mit Zement verfugen) to build with mortar

der Beckenrand muss gemauert werden — the edge of the pool must be bedded in mortar

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mau·ern

[ˈmauɐn]

I. vi

1. (mit Steinen und Mörtel arbeiten)

▪ [an etw dat] \mauern to build [sth], to lay bricks for sth

2. (fam) to stall, to play for time

3. SPORT (Torverteidigung) to play defensively

4. KARTEN (sl) to hold back

II. vt

▪ etw [aus etw dat] \mauern to build sth [of sth]

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1.

transitives Verb build

gemauert — (aus Ziegeln) brick <chimney, wall, etc.>

2.

intransitives Verb

1) lay bricks

2) (Ballspiele) play defensively

3) (Kartenspiele) hold back one's good cards

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mauern

A. v/t build (with bricks);

ein gemauerter Kamin a bricked-in fireplace

B. v/i

1. build masonry, lay bricks

2. SPORT play defensively, close the game down; Kartenspiel: hold back

3. fig stonewall, stall

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1.

transitives Verb build

gemauert — (aus Ziegeln) brick <chimney, wall, etc.>

2.

intransitives Verb

1) lay bricks

2) (Ballspiele) play defensively

3) (Kartenspiele) hold back one's good cards

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v.

to build v.

(§ p.,p.p.: built)

to lay bricks expr.

to stonewall v.