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jamb collapse: upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame

bob collapse: a short abrupt inclination (as of the head); "he gave me a short bob of acknowledgement"; a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line; a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string; a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around; cut hair in the style of a bob; "Bernice bobs her hair these days!"; move up and down repeatedly; "her rucksack bobbed gently on her back"

facile collapse: performing adroitly and without effort; "a facile hand"; arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"

kneel collapse: supporting yourself on your knees; rest one's weight on one's knees; "In church you have to kneel during parts of the service"

modestly collapse: in a modest manner; "the dissertation was entitled, modestly, `Remarks about a play by Shakespeare'"

tractable collapse: easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler

suppliant collapse: humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness"

shin collapse: the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle; the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet; a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg

clubfoot collapse: congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes

adaptable collapse: capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use; "to succeed one must be adaptable"; "the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths"

dinky collapse: a small locomotive; (British informal) pretty and neat; "what a dinky little hat"; small and insignificant; "we stayed in a dinky old hotel"

wrist collapse: a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones

bight collapse: the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends); a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight"; a bend or curve (especially in a coastline); a loop in a rope; fasten with a bight

genuflect collapse: bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image

elastic collapse: a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material; capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy; "an elastic band"; "a youthful and elastic walk"; able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"

flatfoot collapse: a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out; a policeman who patrols a given region

adoring collapse: extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother"; showing adoration

bifurcation collapse: the act of splitting into two branches; the place where something divides into two branches; a bifurcating branch (one or both of them)

punt collapse: (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground; "the punt traveled 50 yards"; "punting is an important part of the game"; an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole; propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge"; kick the ball

quoin collapse: the keystone of an arch; expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase

hock collapse: tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle; disable by cutting the hock

scrape collapse: a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him"; a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her"; scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"; gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"; make by scraping; "They scraped a letter into the stone"; bend the knees and bow in a servile manner

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