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tie up collapse: finish the last row; restrain from moving or operating normally; "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred"; invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes; "All my money is tied up in long-term investments"

liberate collapse: grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university"

pinion collapse: a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack; cut the wings off (of birds); bind the arms of

billet collapse: lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home)

handcuff collapse: shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs

clamp collapse: a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together; impose or inflict forcefully; "The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital"; fasten or fix with a clamp; "clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened"

static collapse: angry criticism; "they will probably give you a lot of static about your editorial"; a crackling or hissing noise cause by electrical interference; showing little if any change; "a static population"; not active or moving; "a static village community and a completely undynamic type of agriculture"; "static feudal societies"

master of ceremonies collapse: a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)

manacle collapse: confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime"

soldier collapse: a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony; an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention"; serve as a soldier in the military

pin down collapse: define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"; attach with or as if with a pin; "pin up a picture"

camp collapse: temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"; temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers; "level ground is best for parking and camp areas"; a prison for forced laborers; "China has many work camps for political prisoners"; a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months; "city kids get to see the country at a summer camp"; shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs; something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality; "the living room was pure camp"; a group of people living together in a camp; "the whole camp laughed at his mistake"; providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities; "they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect"; "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's"; give an artificially banal or sexual quality to; establish or set up a camp; live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"

tighten collapse: become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"; make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire"

anniversary collapse: the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)

rifle collapse: a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired"; go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?"

loosen collapse: become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"; make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"; make less dense; "loosen the soil"

attach collapse: be attached; be in contact with; become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill"; cause to be attached

anchorage collapse: the act of anchoring; place for vessels to anchor; a city in south central Alaska; "Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska"; a fee for anchoring; the condition of being secured to a base; "the plant needs a firm anchorage"; "the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family"

affix collapse: a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form; attach or become attached to a stem word; "grammatical morphemes affix to the stem"; attach to; "affix the seal here"

berth collapse: a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers; provide with a berth

detach collapse: cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"; come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"; separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"

landing collapse: the act of coming to land after a voyage; the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface); "the plane made a smooth landing"; "his landing on his feet was catlike"; structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods; an intermediate platform in a staircase

scotch collapse: whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still; make a small cut or score into

alight collapse: come down; "the birds alighted"; to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him"

blue collapse: any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae; blue clothing; "she was wearing blue"; blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue"; any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue"; causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"; of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky; "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson; "a blue flame"; "blue haze of tobacco smoke"; low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"; used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); "a ragged blue line"; suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"; turn blue

curb collapse: an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter); a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse; keep to the curb; "curb your dogs"

disengage collapse: become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage"; release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

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