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brush collapse: contact with something dangerous or undesirable; "I had a brush with danger on my way to work"; "he tried to avoid any brushes with the police"; the act of brushing your hair; "he gave his hair a quick brush"; the act of brushing your teeth; "the dentist recommended two brushes a day"; a minor short-term fight; an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle; conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor; momentary contact; a dense growth of bushes; remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections"; touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly"; rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"; clean with a brush; "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"; cover by brushing; "brush the bread with melted butter"; sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"

grapevine collapse: gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth"

hemisphere collapse: either half of the cerebrum; half of the terrestrial globe; half of a sphere

defeat collapse: an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"

huckster collapse: a seller of shoddy goods; a person who writes radio or tv advertisements

instill collapse: enter drop by drop; "instill medication into my eye"; impart gradually; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students"

worsted collapse: a woolen fabric with a hard textured surface and no nap; woven of worsted yarns "he wore a worsted suit"; a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool

bring about collapse: cause to move into the opposite direction; "they brought about the boat when they saw a storm approaching"

baffle collapse: a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy; check the emission of (sound)

elope collapse: run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas"

oscillation collapse: (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean; the process of oscillating between states

hold off collapse: resist and fight to a standoff; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"

drained collapse: emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid); "a drained marsh"; "a drained tank"; "a drained and apathetic old man...not caring any longer about anything"

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