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decamp collapse: leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"; leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn"

reel collapse: a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps; winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod; a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector; music composed for dancing a reel; wind onto or off a reel

intonation collapse: the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations; the act of singing in a monotonous tone; singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong; rise and fall of the voice pitch

French horn collapse: a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves

run off collapse: decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff; leave suddenly and as if in a hurry; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"

elopement collapse: the act of running away with a lover (usually to get married)

pox collapse: a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks

gonorrhea collapse: a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra

syphilis collapse: a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)

sable collapse: marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur; a scarf (or trimming) made of sable; an artist's brush made of sable hairs; the expensive dark brown fur of the marten; of a dark somewhat brownish black

zenith collapse: the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected

unmusical collapse: not musical in nature; "the unmusical cry of the bluejay"; lacking interest in or talent for music; "too unmusical to care for concerts"; "it is unfortunate that her children were all nonmusical"

ebony collapse: tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork; hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys

porch collapse: a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance

pornography collapse: creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire

absence collapse: failure to be present; the state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation"; the time interval during which something or somebody is away; "he visited during my absence"

gainer collapse: a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board; a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits); "she was clearly the gainer in that exchange"; a person who gains weight

swan dive collapse: a dive in which the diver arches the back with arms outstretched before entering the water

belly flop collapse: a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water

door collapse: a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle; "he knocked on the door"; "he slammed the door as he left"; a room that is entered via a door; "his office is the third door down the hall on the left"; a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road); "the office next door"; "they live two doors up the street from us"; anything providing a means of access (or escape); "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants"; "education is the door to success"

careen collapse: move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"

pinnacle collapse: (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower; a lofty peak; raise on or as if on a pinnacle; "He did not want to be pinnacled"; surmount with a pinnacle; "pinnacle a pediment"

virtuosity collapse: technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso

tone collapse: (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"; the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author; "the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw"; "from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome"; a steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"; a musical interval of two semitones; the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"; give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles"; change to a color image; "tone a photographic image"; change the color or tone of; "tone a negative"; vary the pitch of one's speech; utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"

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