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spinner collapse: fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water; board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game; someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)

house of cards collapse: an unstable construction with playing cards; "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed"; a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble"

strand collapse: line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable; a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole; "he tried to pick up the strands of his former life"; "I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously"; a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels; a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)

trawl collapse: a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths; a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys); fish with trawlers

suture collapse: thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together; a seam used in surgery; an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull); join with a suture; "suture the wound after surgery"

tendril collapse: slender stemlike structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support

dragnet collapse: a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals); "caught in the police dragnet"

lasso collapse: a long noosed rope used to catch animals; Belgian composer (1532-1594); catch with a lasso; "rope cows"

fairy collapse: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

flagellum collapse: a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)

lime collapse: the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees; any of various related trees bearing limes; cover with lime so as to induce growth; "lime the lawn"

ether collapse: a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic; a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves; any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom

cirrus collapse: a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile; a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles); usually coiled

fiber collapse: a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth; a slender and greatly elongated solid substance

bait collapse: something used to lure victims into danger; anything that serves as an enticement; attack with dogs or set dogs upon; lure, entice, or entrap with bait

snare collapse: a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose; strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit; a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities

lure collapse: qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward

foam collapse: a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid; "the beer had a thick head of foam"; a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture; form bubbles; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water"

noose collapse: a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled; secure with a noose; make a noose in or of

thread collapse: a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving; pass through or into; "thread tape"; "thread film"; remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; "She had her eyebrows threaded"; pass a thread through; "thread a needle"

fluff collapse: a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines); any light downy material

chip collapse: the act of chipping something; a low running approach shot; electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit; a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling; a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line; a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat; a piece of dried bovine dung; break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"; break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"; form by chipping; "They chipped their names in the stone"; play a chip shot

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