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genuflect collapse: bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image

kneel collapse: supporting yourself on your knees; rest one's weight on one's knees; "In church you have to kneel during parts of the service"

salaam collapse: a deep bow; a Muslim form of salutation; greet with a salaam

kowtow collapse: a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission

curtsy collapse: bending at the knees; a gesture of respect made by women; make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect; "She curtsied when she shook the Queen's hand"; bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting

caption collapse: brief description accompanying an illustration; taking exception; especially an quibble based on a captious argument; "a mere caption unworthy of a reply"; provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing

crouch collapse: the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body; bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"

epigraph collapse: an engraved inscription; a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing

superscription collapse: the activity of superscribing; an inscription written above something else

headline collapse: the heading or caption of a newspaper article; publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline; provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline

screamer collapse: gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call; a sensational newspaper headline

beak collapse: horny projecting mouth of a bird; beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles); informal terms for the nose

subtitle collapse: secondary or explanatory title; translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen; supply (a movie) with subtitles

lead off collapse: teach immoral behavior to; "It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits"

running head collapse: a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book

precede collapse: furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"; move ahead (of others) in time or space; be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"; come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"

bow collapse: a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments; a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands, used in playing certain stringed instrument; curved piece of resilient wood with taut cord to propel arrows; front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"; a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces; a decorative interlacing of ribbons; an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience; bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame; something curved in shape; bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head; "He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame"; play on a string instrument; bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting; "He bowed before the King"

mane collapse: long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck; growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being

nose collapse: a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft); "the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry"; the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon; "he ducked under the nose of the gun"; the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose"; a natural skill; "he has a nose for good deals"; the sense of smell (especially in animals); "the hound has a good nose"; a symbol of inquisitiveness; "keep your nose out of it"; a small distance; "my horse lost the race by a nose"; defeat by a narrow margin; push or move with the nose; advance the forward part of with caution; "She nosed the car into the left lane"

hyperbola collapse: an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone

parabola collapse: a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve

lose collapse: fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war"; suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; "She lost her husband in the war"; "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her"; allow to go out of sight; "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"; miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my glasses again!"; fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"; fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"; fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first year"

thatch collapse: a house roof made with a plant material (as straw); hair resembling thatched roofing material; plant stalks used as roofing material; cover with thatch; "thatch the roofs"

ellipse collapse: a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it; "the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant"

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