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deflower collapse: deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"

sackcloth and ashes collapse: a display of extreme remorse or repentance or grief

colored collapse: having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "the dark races"; "dark-skinned peoples"; having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"

captain collapse: a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers; the pilot in charge of an airship; the naval officer in command of a military ship; a policeman in charge of a precinct; an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant; the leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry"; be the captain of a sports team

black humor collapse: the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect

ahead collapse: at or in the front; "I see the lights of a town ahead"; "the road ahead is foggy"; "staring straight ahead"; "we couldn't see over the heads of the people in front"; "with the cross of Jesus marching on before"; ahead of time; in anticipation; "when you pay ahead (or in advance) you receive a discount"; "We like to plan ahead"; "should have made reservations beforehand"; in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud"; leading or ahead in a competition; "the horse was three lengths ahead going into the home stretch"; "ahead by two pawns"; "our candidate is in the lead in the polls"; "way out front in the race"; "the advertising campaign put them out front in sales"; to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced either toward the present or toward the future); "moved the appointment ahead from Tuesday to Monday"; "pushed the deadline ahead from Tuesday to Wednesday"; to a more advanced or advantageous position; "a young man sure to get ahead"; "pushing talented students ahead"; toward the future; forward in time; "I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to seeing you"

blacken collapse: make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"

discouraging collapse: depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action; "where never is heard a discouraging word"; expressing disapproval

mime collapse: a performance using gestures and body movements without words; an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression; act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple"

pest collapse: any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"; a persistently annoying person

gravitate collapse: move due to the pull of gravitation; "The stars gravitate towards each other"; be attracted to; "Boys gravitate towards girls at that age"; move toward; "The conversation gravitated towards politics"

mug shot collapse: a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records)

snapshot collapse: an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends"

escort collapse: the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them; an attendant who is employed to accompany someone; accompany as an escort; "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball"

mourning collapse: state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one

lure collapse: qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward

hysteresis collapse: the lagging of an effect behind its cause; especially the phenomenon in which the magnetic induction of a ferromagnetic material lags behind the changing magnetic field

magnetize collapse: make magnetic; "The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings"; attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks"

black death collapse: the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe

woo collapse: make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary"; seek someone's favor; "China is wooing Russia"

prelude collapse: music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera; play as a prelude; serve as a prelude or opening to

nebula collapse: (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea; an immense cloud of gas (mainly hydrogen) and dust in interstellar space; cloudiness of the urine; a medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer

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