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ford collapse: the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse; a shallow area in a stream that can be forded; United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947); 38th President of the United States; appointed vice president and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-); English writer and editor (1873-1939); son of Henry Ford (1893-1943); grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987); United States film maker (1896-1973); cross a river where it's shallow

cataract collapse: a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice; clouding of the natural lens of the eye

dim collapse: lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music"; lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"; make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver"; become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"; switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

glare collapse: an angry stare; great brightness; "a glare of sunlight"; "the flowers were a blaze of color"; shine intensely; "The sun glared down on us"; be sharply reflected; "The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface"

arrival collapse: accomplishment of an objective; the act of arriving at a certain place; "they awaited her arrival"; someone who arrives (or has arrived)

playing field collapse: a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field"; the circumstances under which competition occurs; "the government's objective is to insure a genuinely level playing field for American industry and commerce in Europe"

rink collapse: building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating

crescent collapse: any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters

shill collapse: a decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others; act as a shill; "The shill bid for the expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up"

ambulatory collapse: a covered walkway (as in a cloister); "it has an ambulatory and seven chapels"; relating to or adapted for walking; "an ambulatory corridor"

incommunicado collapse: without the means or right to communicate; "a prisoner held incommunicado"; "incommunicado political detainees"

corner collapse: the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"; (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone; an interior angle formed be two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room"; the point where two lines meet or intersect; "the corners of a rectangle"; a place off to the side of an area; "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "he glanced out of the corner of his eye"; a remote area; "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"; the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect; "the corners of a cube"; a projecting part where two sides or edges meet; "he knocked off the corners"; a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible; "his lying got him into a tight corner"; a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade; "a corner on the silver market"; turn a corner; "the car corners"; force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape; gain control over; "corner the gold market"

arcade collapse: a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns; a covered passageway; often between streets with shops or stalls

pettiness collapse: lack of generosity in trifling matters; the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous; narrowness of mind or ideas or views

canopy collapse: a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather; the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air; the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit; cover with a canopy

tabby collapse: female cat; a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black

court collapse: respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor"; an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court"; a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played; "players had to reserve a court in advance"; a room in which a lawcourt sits; "television cameras were admitted in the courtroom"; the residence of a sovereign or nobleman; "the king will visit the duke's court"; the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state; the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince; an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business; Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947); engage in social activities leading to marriage; "We were courting for over ten years"

blaring collapse: unpleasantly loud and penetrating; "the blaring noise of trumpets"; "shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio"

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