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hoodwinked collapse

drive collapse: the act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"; a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile); "he took the family for a drive in his new car"; the act of driving a herd of animals overland; (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash); hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver; "he sliced his drive out of bounds"; a wide scenic road planted with trees; "the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views"; a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine; "a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds"; (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium; the trait of being highly motivated; "his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers"; a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire; move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?"; hunting: chase from cover into more open ground; "drive the game"; hunting: search for game; "drive the forest"; cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling; "The amplifier drives the tube"; "steam drives the engines"; "this device drives the disks for the computer"; excavate horizontally; "drive a tunnel"; hit very hard and straight with the bat swinging more or less vertically; "drive a ball"; strike with a driver, as in teeing off; "drive a golf ball"; cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force; "drive the ball far out into the field"; push, propel, or press with force; "Drive a nail into the wall"; compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment; "She finally drove him to change jobs"; travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"; proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work"; operate or control a vehicle; "drive a car or bus"; "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?"; urge forward; "drive the cows into the barn"; cause someone or something to move by driving; "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage"; move by being propelled by a force; "The car drove around the corner"; work as a driver; "He drives a bread truck"; "She drives for the taxi company in Newark"; to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly; "She is driven by her passion"; have certain properties when driven; "This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well"

not listen collapse

lung collapse: either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood

obscured collapse

overcome collapse: get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"

buried collapse: placed in a grave; "the hastily buried corpses"

unintentional collapse: not intentional; "an unintended slight"; "an unintentional pun"; "the offense was unintentional"; "an unwitting mistake may be overlooked"; without deliberate intent; "my heart with unwilled love grew warm"- George Macdonald

trade in collapse

fancy collapse: a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination; not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"; have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"

stress collapse: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"; (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"; difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson; special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"; put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"; to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

beery collapse: smelling of beer

goad collapse: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"; stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick; urge with or as if with a goad

conceal collapse: hold back; keep from being perceived by others; "She conceals her anger well"

blind collapse: something that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"; a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind"; people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group; "he spent hours reading to the blind"; unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions"; not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"; unable to see; "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan; make dim by comparison or conceal; make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were punished and blinded"; render unable to see

obstruction collapse: getting in someone's way; the act of obstructing; "obstruction of justice"; any structure that makes progress difficult; the state or condition of being obstructed

make light of collapse

unhearing collapse

fanaticism collapse: excessive intolerance of opposing views

fou collapse

compulsive collapse: a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things; strongly motivated to succeed; caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion; "compulsive drinking"

unaware collapse: (often followed by `of') not aware; "seemed unaware of the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in"; "unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person I've known"

fixation collapse: (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body; the activity of fastening something firmly in position

motor collapse: machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion; a nonspecific agent that imparts motion; "happiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action"

tic collapse: a local and habitual twitching especially in the face

insides collapse

smallness collapse: the property of having relatively little strength or vigor; "the smallness of her voice"; the property of having a relatively small size; the property of being a relatively small amount; "he was attracted by the smallness of the taxes"

marketing collapse: shopping at a market; "does the weekly marketing at the supermarket"; the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service; "most companies have a manager in charge of marketing"

reflexive collapse: referring back to itself

befog collapse

astronautics collapse

red herring collapse: any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue; a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color

standstill collapse

conjecture collapse: reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence

sailing collapse: the departure of a vessel from a port; riding in a sailboat

buy collapse: accept as true; "I can't buy this story"; obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"; acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"; be worth or be capable of buying; "This sum will buy you a ride on the train"

pub collapse

dirty trick collapse: an unkind or aggressive trick

alibi collapse: (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question; exonerate by means of an alibi

viscera collapse: internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity); "`viscera' is the plural form of `viscus'"

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