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caption collapse: brief description accompanying an illustration; taking exception; especially an quibble based on a captious argument; "a mere caption unworthy of a reply"; provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing

thumb through collapse

dip into collapse: read selectively; read only certain passages from a text

skip over collapse

call off collapse

facia collapse

send for collapse

bid come collapse

epigraph collapse: an engraved inscription; a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing

gofer collapse: an employee whose duties include running errands

bootblack collapse: a person who polishes shoes and boots

batman collapse: an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer

muster up collapse

copyboy collapse

bellhop collapse

bellboy collapse: someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels

errand boy collapse

office boy collapse: a young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office

convene collapse: meet formally; "The council convened last week"

superscription collapse: the activity of superscribing; an inscription written above something else

glance at collapse

enumerate collapse: specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug"

masthead collapse: the head or top of a mast; the title of a newspaper or magazine; usually printed on the front page and on the editorial page; a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.

quantify collapse: express as a number or measure or quantity; "Can you quantify your results?"; use as a quantifier

innards collapse

format collapse: the general appearance of a publication; the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing); divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"; determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science); set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out"

screamer collapse: gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call; a sensational newspaper headline

blueprint collapse: photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.; something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt"; make a blueprint of

subpoena collapse: a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court; serve or summon with a subpoena; "The witness and her records were subpoenaed"

foreground collapse: (computer science) a window for an active application; the part of a scene that is near the viewer; move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"; "highlight the passage so that you can find it again when you open the book"

letterhead collapse: a sheet of stationery with name and address of the organization printed at the top

price tag collapse: a tag showing the price of the article it is attached to

back collapse: the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage; a support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable"; the part of a garment that covers the back of your body; "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back"; the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned"; the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store"; (football) a person who plays in the backfield; in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"; at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"; in repayment or retaliation; "we paid back everything we had borrowed"; "he hit me and I hit him back"; "I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher"; in or to or toward a former location; "she went back to her parents' house"; in or to or toward an original condition; "he went back to sleep"; in answer; "he wrote back three days later"; "had little to say in reply to the questions"; strengthen by providing with a back or backing; establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?"; shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed"; travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree"; cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot"; support financial backing for; "back this enterprise"; be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"; be in back of; "My garage backs their yard"

messenger collapse: a person who carries a message

newsy collapse: full of news; "a newsy letter"

elements collapse: violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements); "they felt the full fury of the elements"

headline collapse: the heading or caption of a newspaper article; publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline; provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline

frontispiece collapse: front illustration facing the title page of a book; an ornamental facade

galley collapse: the area for food preparation on a ship; the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner; (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars; a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading

filling collapse: the act of filling something; (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth; "when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth"; "an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping'"; a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.; flow into something (as a container); any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench"

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