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greet collapse: react to in a certain way; "The President was greeted with catcalls"; send greetings to; express greetings upon meeting someone; be perceived by; "Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment"

prostration collapse: the act of assuming a prostrate position; abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body

revenuer collapse: a government agent responsible for collecting revenue (especially one responsible for stopping bootlegging)

fingerboard collapse: a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers

juxtapose collapse: place side by side; "The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors"

sprain collapse: a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments

chine collapse: backbone of an animal; cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone; cut through the backbone of an animal

crosshatch collapse: shade with multiple crossing lines; "the draftsman crosshatched the area"

rostrum collapse

accumulate collapse: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"

accost collapse

befriend collapse: become friends with; "John and Eric soon became friends"; "Have you made friends yet in your new environment?"

impasse collapse

abashed collapse: feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious; "felt abashed at the extravagant praise"; "chagrined at the poor sales of his book"; "was embarrassed by her child's tantrums"

skylight collapse: a window in a roof to admit daylight

hell to pay collapse: dire consequences; "when the pig ran away there was hell to pay"

sticky wicket collapse

rake collapse: a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil; a dissolute man in fashionable society; gather with a rake; "rake leaves"; level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel"; move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair"; sweep the length of; "The gunfire raked the coast"

tracery collapse: decoration consisting of an open pattern of interlacing ribs

make the grade collapse

bay window collapse: a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house

turned around collapse

lithograph collapse: duplicator that prints by lithography; a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern; a print produced by lithography; make by lithography

curl collapse: American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933); form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"; play the Scottish game of curling; twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"

incurve collapse

smile collapse: a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement; change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure; express with a smile; "She smiled her thanks"

arc collapse: a continuous portion of a circle

fine kettle of fish collapse

manage collapse: be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"

tight spot collapse

transom collapse: a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it; a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door

crackle collapse: glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface; the sharp sound of snapping noises; having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware; "a crackle glaze"; to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks; "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand"

acquiesce collapse

hack it collapse

belch collapse: a reflex that expels wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth

cope collapse: come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"

prostrate collapse: render helpless or defenseless; "They prostrated the enemy"; throw down flat, as on the ground; "She prostrated herself with frustration"; get into a prostrate position, as in submission

caw collapse: the sound made by corvine birds; utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens

vanish collapse: decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"; cease to exist; "An entire civilization vanished"; become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when day broke"

traumatize collapse: inflict a trauma upon

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