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bring in collapse: bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment; "He brought in a new judge"; "The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor"; transmit; "The microphone brought in the sounds from the room next to mine"; submit (a verdict) to a court

haw collapse: the nictitating membrane of a horse; utter `haw'; "he hemmed and hawed"

ebb collapse: the outward flow of the tide; a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number); fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"; hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb; flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"

recrudescence collapse: a return of something after a period of abatement; "a recrudescence of racism"; "a recrudescence of the symptoms"

obstructed collapse: shut off to passage or view or hindered from action; "a partially obstructed passageway"; "an obstructed view"; "justice obstructed is not justice"

belittling collapse: the act of belittling; tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"

inappreciable collapse: too small to make a significant difference; "inappreciable fluctuations in temperature"

hibernate collapse: sleep during winter; "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves"; be in an inactive or dormant state

bet collapse: the act of gambling; "he did it on a bet"; maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!"; stake on the outcome of an issue; "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse"

tail collapse: the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body; the rear part of an aircraft; (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head; a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements; any projection that resembles the tail of an animal; remove the stalk of fruits or berries

subservience collapse: in a subservient state; the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan; "all his actions were in subservience to the general plan"

atonement collapse: compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store"

regurgitation collapse: recall after rote memorization; "he complained that school was just memorization and regurgitation"; backflow of blood through a defective heart valve

prop collapse: a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling

minority collapse: being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts; "when the vote was taken they were in the minority"; "he held a minority position"; a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part; any age prior to the legal age

catcher collapse: the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws; "a catcher needs a lot of protective equipment"; "a catcher plays behind the plate"; (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher

scanning collapse: the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission; the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer

outpost collapse: a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops

regression collapse: returning to a former state; the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x); (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state

loin collapse: either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds; a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump

climb collapse: the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top"; an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.); improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"; go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"; move with difficulty, by grasping; slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill"

fire escape collapse: a stairway (often on the outside of a building) that permits exit in the case of fire or other emergency

ante collapse: (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot; place one's stake

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