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compass collapse: navigational instrument for finding directions; drafting instrument used for drawing circles; the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"; bring about; accomplish; "This writer attempts more than his talents can compass"

altarpiece collapse: a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table

red tape collapse

chair collapse: a seat for one person, with a support for the back; "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down"; act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years"

velvet collapse: a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back; resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface; smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste

chip off the old block collapse

stifle collapse: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee; smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"

adumbrate collapse

crag collapse: a steep rugged rock or cliff

lay over collapse: interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight; "We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil"

lagging collapse: used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat

reed stop collapse: an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument

organ stop collapse: a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality

veto collapse: a vote that blocks a decision; the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature); vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"

pilotage collapse

silk collapse: a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae; fibers from silkworm cocoons provide threads for knitting

harrow collapse: a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil; draw a harrow over (land)

printmaking collapse: artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens

intercept collapse: the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis; seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

xerography collapse: forming an image by the action of light on a specially coated charged plate; the latent image is developed with powders that adhere only to electrically charged areas; "edge enhancement is intrinsic in xerography"

defer collapse

croft collapse: a small farm worked by a crofter

fend collapse: try to manage without help; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died"

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