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modern collapse: a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes; a contemporary person; characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture; used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"; belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"

captive collapse: an animal that is confined; a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion; giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought"; in captivity

incandesce collapse: become incandescent or glow with heat; "an incandescing body"; cause to become incandescent or glow; "the lamp was incandesced"

mange collapse: a persistent and contagious disease of the skin causing inflammation and itching and loss of hair; affects domestic animals (and sometimes people)

ceiling collapse: the overhead upper surface of a room; "he hated painting the ceiling"; (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds; maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions); an upper limit on what is allowed; "they established a cap for prices"

automatism collapse: any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy)

airline collapse: a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers; a hose that carries air under pressure

potshot collapse: a shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter); criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration; "reporters took potshots at the mayor"

barrier collapse: a structure or object that impedes free movement; any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective; "intolerance is a barrier to understanding"; anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access

rendezvous collapse: a meeting planned at a certain time and place; a place where people meet; "he was waiting for them at the rendezvous"; meet at a rendezvous

guess collapse: an estimate based on little or no information; a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence; guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"; put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"

addled collapse: confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas"; (of eggs) no longer edible; "an addled egg"

tipsy collapse: unstable and prone to tip as if intoxicated; " a tipsy boat"

in collapse: currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"; to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"

bemused collapse: deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown"

time collapse: the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past; a person's experience on a particular occasion; "he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together"; an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip"; an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor is his time"; a suitable moment; "it is time to go"; a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something; "take time to smell the roses"; "I didn't have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time"; adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time; "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely"; regulate or set the time of; "time the clock"; assign a time for an activity or event; "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"; set the speed, duration, or execution of; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"

frontier collapse: an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development; "he worked at the frontier of brain science"; an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary; a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country; "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day"

involuntary collapse: not subject to the control of the will; "involuntary manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an involuntary shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat"- John F.Kennedy; controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control; "involuntary muscles"; "gave an involuntary start"

hip collapse: either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh; the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum; the fruit of a rose plant

unseasonable collapse: not in keeping with (and usually undesirable for) the season; "a sudden unseasonable blizzard"; "unseasonable bright blue weather in November"

conditioned collapse: physically fit; "exercised daily to keep herself in condition"; established by conditioning or learning; "a conditioned response"

brownie collapse: square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts; a junior Girl Scout

now collapse: the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now"; used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention"; at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now"; in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events; "President Kennedy now calls in the National Guard"; "Washington now decides to cross the Delaware"; "the ship is now listing to port"; in the immediate past; "told me just now"; (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity; "Now the next problem is..."

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