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

gnomic collapse: relating to or containing gnomes; "gnomic verse"

fetch collapse: the action of fetching; take away or remove; "The devil will fetch you!"; be sold for a certain price; "The painting brought $10,000"; "The old print fetched a high price at the auction"

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

magnanimity collapse

largeness collapse: the property of having a relatively great size; large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness; "the might have repercussions of unimaginable largeness"; "the very extensiveness of his power was a temptation to abuse it"

with it collapse

insuppressible collapse

beyond control collapse

undersell collapse: sell cheaper than one's competition

embrace collapse: a close affectionate and protective acceptance; "his willing embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family"; the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection); the state of taking in or encircling; "an island in the embrace of the sea"; squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him"; include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group"

Samaritan collapse: a member of the people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times

good person collapse: a person who is good to other people

good Samaritan collapse: a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble

repute collapse: the state of being held in high esteem and honor

suffocating collapse

peace offering collapse: something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace

center collapse: a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game; the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play; "it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback"; the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game; a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research"; a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"; the object upon which interest and attention focuses; "his stories made him the center of the party"; the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering; politically moderate persons; centrists; the middle of a military or naval formation; "they had to reinforce the center"; a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers"; a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure; an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"; (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; "the center fumbled the handoff"; (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team; (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team; of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually; move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered"

enclave collapse: an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it

take after collapse: imitate in behavior; take as a model; "Teenagers follow their friends in everything"; be similar to a relative; "She takes after her father!"

deep thought collapse

reach collapse: the act of physically reaching or thrusting out; be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"; move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense; "Government reaches out to the people"; reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"; reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"; reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade"; to extend as far as; "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall"

stifling collapse

cash collapse: United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003); prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check; money in the form of bills or coins; "there is a desperate shortage of hard cash"; exchange for cash; "I cashed the check as soon as it arrived in the mail"

dexter collapse: on or starting from the wearer's right

untamable collapse

never collapse: not ever; at no time in the past or future; "I have never been to China"; "I shall never forget this day"; "had never seen a circus"; "never on Sunday"; "I will never marry you!"; not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances; "never fear"; "bringing up children is never easy"; "that will never do"; "what is morally wrong can never be politically right"

by no means collapse: definitely not; "the prize is by no means certain"; "and that isn't all, not by a long sight"

pensiveness collapse: deep serious thoughtfulness; persistent morbid meditation on a problem

entail collapse: the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple; land received by fee tail; impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?"; have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

cold cream collapse: a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin

strike a balance collapse

held collapse: occupied or in the control of; often used in combination; "enemy-held territory"

lay by collapse

cognate collapse: a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language; having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages"

aide collapse: someone who acts as assistant

not at all collapse

ungovernable collapse

unerring collapse

go around collapse: become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"; be sufficient; "There's not enough to go around"

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