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suffocating collapse

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

stifling collapse

transparent collapse: easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety); "a transparent explanation"; "a transparent lie"

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

strike a balance 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"

outspoken collapse: given to expressing yourself freely or insistently; "outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal assembly"

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"

enclose collapse: surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"; close in or confine

slick collapse: a trowel used to make a surface slick; a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water; a magazine printed on good quality paper; made slick by e.g. ice or grease; "sidewalks slick with ice"; "roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil"; give a smooth and glossy appearance; "slick one's hair"; make slick or smooth

repository collapse: a burial vault (usually for some famous person); a person to whom a secret is entrusted

sidle collapse: move sideways; move unobtrusively or furtively; "The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log"

lover collapse: a person who loves or is loved; a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage

evening collapse: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"; the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way; "an evening at the opera"; a later concluding time period; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire"

fasten collapse: attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other"; cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"; become fixed or fastened; "This dress fastens in the back"

expansive collapse: friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive"; marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur; able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion; "Expansive materials"; "the expansive force of fire"; of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings"

comparable collapse: able to be compared or worthy of comparison; conforming in every respect; "boxes with corresponding dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year"

encounter collapse: a casual meeting with a person of thing

accessible collapse: capable of being reached; "a town accessible by rail"; easy to get along with or talk to; friendly; "an accessible and genial man"; easily obtained; "most students now have computers accessible"; "accessible money"; capable of being read with comprehension; "readily accessible to the nonprofessional reader"; "the tales seem more approachable than his more difficult novels"

sunset collapse: the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon; atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun; the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon; of a declining industry or technology; "sunset industries"

contain collapse: be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"; be divisible by; "24 contains 6"

come up against collapse

similar collapse: marked by correspondence or resemblance; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats"; (of words) expressing closely related meanings

encompass collapse

discontinuance collapse: the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)

insulate collapse: protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came"

similitude collapse

ingenuous collapse: characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility"

mellow collapse: having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"; having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"; having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging; "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit"; make or grow (more) mellow; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"; become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed"; soften, make mellow; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"

lay off collapse

incarceration collapse

artless collapse: simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance"; (of persons) lacking art or knowledge; showing lack of art; "an artless translation"

perorate collapse: deliver an oration in grandiloquent style; conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation

join battle collapse: engage in a conflict; "The battle over health care reform was joined"

go around in circles collapse

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