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craps collapse: a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice; when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot the results is called `craps' or `snake eyes'

judiciously collapse: in a judicious manner; "let's use these intelligence tests judiciously"

wrap collapse: cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person; a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla; arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby before taking her out"; "Wrap the present"

heckle collapse: challenge aggressively; comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax"

nestle collapse: position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow"; lie in a sheltered position; "The little cottage nestles in the forest"

agenda collapse: a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to; a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)

signpost collapse: a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way; mark with a signpost, as of a path

light year collapse: the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year; 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion kilometers

context collapse: discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation; the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context"

sister collapse: a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group; "none of her sisters would betray her"; (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address); "the Sisters taught her to love God"; a female person who has the same parents as another person; "my sister married a musician"

colonization collapse: the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America"

shortly collapse: for a short time; "he was at the airport shortly before she was expected to arrive"; at a short distance; "the hem fell shortly below her knees"

comedian collapse: a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts; an actor in a comedy

dimension collapse: the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height); one of three Cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space; shape or form to required dimensions; indicate the dimensions on; "These techniques permit us to dimension the human heart"

instrument collapse: the means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease"; a device that requires skill for proper use; a person used by another to gain an end; address a legal document to; write an instrumental score for; equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling

register collapse: a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device; an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room; (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind; (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments; an official written record of names or events or transactions; a book in which names and transactions are listed; enter into someone's consciousness; "Did this event register in your parents' minds?"; send by registered mail; "I'd like to register this letter"; manipulate the registers of an organ; show in one's face; "Her surprise did not register"; enroll to vote; "register for an election"; record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions

honest-to-God collapse: (used informally especially for emphasis); "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel"

mileage collapse: distance measured in miles; a travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveled; the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned

quadrant collapse: a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies; the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle; any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes; a quarter of the circumference of a circle; a quarter of the circumference of a circle

log collapse: measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water; a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane); a written record of messages sent or received; "they kept a log of all transmission by the radio station"; "an email log"; a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches; enter into a log, as on ships and planes; cut lumber, as in woods and forests

sextant collapse: a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant; a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees

skimp collapse: work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially

contents collapse: a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start

film collapse: a thin coating or layer; "the table was covered with a film of dust"; photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies; a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things; a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events"; make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"; record in film; "The coronation was filmed"

lifelike collapse: free from artificiality; "a lifelike pose"; "a natural reaction"

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"

affiliate collapse: a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization; "network affiliates"; a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization; join in an affiliation; "The two colleges affiliated"; join in an affiliation; "They affiliated themselves with the organization"

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