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phonetics collapse: the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis

surround collapse: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"; be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village"

switch off collapse: cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"

mathematical collapse: characterized by the exactness or precision of mathematics; "mathematical precision"; statistically possible though highly improbable; "have a mathematical chance of making the playoffs"; beyond question; "a mathematical certainty"; of or pertaining to or of the nature of mathematics; "a mathematical textbook"; "slide rules and other mathematical instruments"; "a mathematical solution to a problem"; "mathematical proof"

scrimmage collapse: (American football) practice play between a football team's squads; practice playing (a sport)

handy collapse: United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958); skillful with the hands; "handy with an axe"; easy to use; "a handy gadget"

brusque collapse: marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"

tug-of-war collapse: any hard struggle between equally matched groups; a contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses

future collapse: bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date; a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future; the time yet to come; yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him"; effective in or looking toward the future; "he was preparing for future employment opportunities"; a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened; "future auxiliary"

line up collapse: take one's position before a kick-off; form a queue, form a line, stand in line; "Customers lined up in front of the store"; get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"; form a line; "The buildings all line up neatly"

verify collapse: confirm the truth of; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim"; attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition)

image collapse: the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public; "although her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music and pageantry"; "the company tried to project an altruistic image"; an iconic mental representation; "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate"

tilt collapse: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"; a slight but noticeable partiality; "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings"; charge with a tilt

censored collapse: suppressed or subject to censorship; "the censored press in some countries"

echelon collapse: a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset; a body of troops arranged in a line

misalliance collapse: an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)

hug collapse: a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug"; fit closely or tightly; "The dress hugged her hips"

choke collapse: a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine; a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current; breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"; constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing; reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor"; be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"; wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent"; check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger"; fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"

unsocial collapse: not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions; "the unsocial disposition to neglect one's neighbors"

span collapse: the distance or interval between two points; a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches); the complete duration of something; "the job was finished in the span of an hour"

hole up collapse: score a hole in one; remain secluded or in hiding; "He is writing his book and is holing up in his study"

kinescope collapse: a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen

aphoristic collapse: terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to apothegmatic instruction"

gerrymander collapse: an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage); divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts

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