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aboard collapse: on first or second or third base; "Their second homer with Bob Allison aboard"; on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle; part of a group; "Bill's been aboard for three years now"; side by side; "anchored close aboard another ship"

topside collapse: (usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline

aloft collapse: in the higher atmosphere above the earth; "weather conditions aloft are fine"; at or to great height; high up in or into the air; "eagles were soaring aloft"; "dust is whirled aloft"; upward; "the good news sent her spirits aloft"; at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship; "climbed aloft to unfurl the sail"

across collapse: transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across"; to the opposite side; "the football field was 300 feet across"

cable collapse: a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire; a television system that transmits over cables; a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power; a telegram sent abroad; a nautical unit of depth; send cables, wires, or telegrams; fasten with a cable; "cable trees"

beyond collapse: in addition; "agreed to provide essentials but nothing beyond"; farther along in space or time or degree; "through the valley and beyond"; "to the eighth grade but not beyond"; "will be influential in the 1990s and beyond"; on the farther side from the observer; "a pond with a hayfield beyond"

crosswise collapse: in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross; lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction; "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise dimension"; not in the intended manner; "things are going crosswise"

sideways collapse: toward one side; "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"; "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows"; with one side forward or to the front; "turned sideways to show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise"

biased collapse: favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant"

diagonal collapse: (mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry; an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard; "the bishop moves on the diagonals"; a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric; (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent; at an angle; especially connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face; "a diagonal line across the page"

crisscross collapse: a marking that consists of lines that cross each other; marked with crossing lines; crossing one another in opposite directions; mark with a pattern of crossing lines; "crisscross the sheet of paper"; mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines; "wrinkles crisscrossed her face"; cross in a pattern, often random

fastener collapse: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place; a person who fastens or makes fast; "he found the door fastened and wondered who the fastener was"

oblique collapse: any grammatical case other than the nominative; slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base"

thwart collapse: a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat; hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"

card collapse: one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes; "he collected cards and traded them with the other boys"; a card certifying the identity of the bearer; "he had to show his card to get in"; (golf) a record of scores (as in golf); "you have to turn in your card to get a handicap"; a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures); "they sent us a card from Miami"; thin cardboard, usually rectangular; ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor; "I was carded when I tried to buy a beer!"

traverse collapse: deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit; travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"

lie collapse: a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth; position or manner in which something is situated; Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968); tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"; be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"; be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position; have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies"; be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant"

knot collapse: a sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere; any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object; a tight cluster of people or things; "a small knot of women listened to his sermon"; something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots"; a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged; "the saw buckled when it hit a knot"; tie or fasten into a knot; "knot the shoelaces"; make into knots; make knots out of; "She knotted der fingers"

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