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bankruptcy collapse: a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent; inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"; a state of complete lack of some abstract property; "spiritual bankruptcy"; "moral bankruptcy"; "intellectual bankruptcy"

shove off collapse: leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!"

letter of credit collapse: a document issued by a bank that guarantees the payment of a customer's draft; substitutes the bank's credit for the customer's credit

stationery collapse: paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters; usually with matching envelopes

examine collapse: question closely; observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"

blank check collapse: a check that has been signed but with the amount payable left blank

kite collapse: any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals; plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string; a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float; a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value; fly a kite; "Kids were kiting in the park"; "They kited the Red Dragon model"; soar or fly like a kite; "The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains"; get credit or money by using a bad check; "The businessman kited millions of dollars"; increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently; "He kited many checks"

sprinkle collapse: the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt"; scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn"; cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her"; rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"

ingot collapse: metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling

chalk collapse: a piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on blackboards or other flat surfaces; a pure flat white with little reflectance; a soft whitish calcite; write, draw, or trace with chalk

ease up collapse: reduce pressure or intensity; "he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down"; become less intense

scan collapse: the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"; an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"; read metrically; "scan verses"; make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky"; move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image; examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"; examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"; conform to a metrical pattern

lee collapse: the side of something that is sheltered from the wind; American general who led the Confederate armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870); soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818); leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American colonies (1732-1794); United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926); United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973); United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970); United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of Black culture in America (born in 1957)

backpedal collapse: modify one's opinion, make it less strong; step backwards, in boxing; pedal backwards on a bicycle

retard collapse: cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate"; be delayed

withhold collapse: hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"; retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"

verification collapse: (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement

impede collapse: be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"

leeward collapse: the direction in which the wind is blowing; on the side away from the wind; "on the leeward side of the island"; toward the wind; "they were sailing leeward"

set back collapse: slow down the progress of; hinder; "His late start set him back"; cost a certain amount; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000"

drizzle collapse: very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower; moisten with fine drops; "drizzle the meat with melted butter"; rain lightly; "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant"

vet collapse: provide veterinary care for; provide (a person) with medical care; examine carefully; "Someone should vet this report before it goes out"; work as a veterinarian; "She vetted for the farms in the area for many years"

doormat collapse: a mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering

rein collapse: one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse; any means of control; "he took up the reins of government"; stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins; "He reined in his horses in front of the post office"; stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins; "They reined in in front of the post office"

windward collapse: the direction from which the wind is coming; on the side exposed to the wind; "the windward islands"; away from the wind; "they were sailing windward"

size collapse: the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe"; the physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog"; a large magnitude; "he blanched when he saw the size of the bill"; "the only city of any size in that area"; the actual state of affairs; "that's the size of the situation"; "she hates me, that's about the size of it"; any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics; "size gives body to a fabric"; (used in combination) sized; "the economy-size package"; "average-size house"; make to a size; bring to a suitable size; sort according to size; cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)

govern collapse: direct or strongly influence the behavior of; "His belief in God governs his conduct"; exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?"; require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"

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