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hit the high spots collapse

frontage collapse: the extent of the front of shop or plot of land (as along a street or river etc); the direction in which something (such as a building) faces

chart collapse: a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea; a visual display of information; plan in detail; "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein"; make a chart of; "chart the territory"

forefront collapse: the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column"

graph collapse: a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes; represent by means of a graph; "chart the data"; plot upon a graph

makings collapse

cabin boy collapse: a young man acting as a servant on a ship

trademark collapse: a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product

running head collapse: a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book

call in collapse: make a phone call; "call in to a radio station"; "call in sick"; summon to a particular activity or employment; "Experts were called in"; summon to enter; "The nurse called in the next patient"; take a player out of a game in order to exchange for another player

fore collapse: near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"

constituent collapse: (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction; a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes; "needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected"

front man collapse: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity

heading collapse: a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"

appurtenance collapse

inside collapse: the inner or enclosed surface of something; the region that is inside of something; away from the outer edge; "an inner lane"; "the inside lane"; relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space; "he reached into his inside jacket pocket"; "inside out"; "an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter"; confined to an exclusive group; "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information"; within a building; "in winter we play inside"; on the inside; "inside, the car is a mess"

ream collapse: a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires; a large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and reams"; enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole"; remove by making a hole or by boring; "the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment"; squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; "ream oranges"

conjure up collapse

caddie collapse: an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player; act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player

census collapse: a periodic count of the population; conduct a census; "They censused the deer in the forest"

proscenium collapse: the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater; the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)

frontal collapse: a drapery that covers the front of an altar; belonging to the front part; "a frontal appendage"; of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone; "the frontal lobes"; meeting front to front; "a frontal attack"; "a head-on collision"; of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air; "frontal rainfall"

head collapse: a single domestic animal; "200 head of cattle"; a projection out from one end; "the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin"; (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship; the striking part of a tool; "the head of the hammer"; (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head; "call heads or tails!"; that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves; the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window"; the rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint; "the head of the humerus"; (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent; the front of a military formation or procession; "the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack"; the top of something; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list"; the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container; "the beer had a large head of foam"; a rounded compact mass; "the head of a comet"; a user of (usually soft) drugs; "the office was full of secret heads"; a person who is in charge; "the head of the whole operation"; an individual person; "tickets are $5 per head"; the pressure exerted by a fluid; "a head of steam"; the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head; "he is two heads taller than his little sister"; "his horse won by a head"; the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates); remove the head of; "head the fish"; to go or travel towards; "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains"; be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?"; form a head or come or grow to a head; "The wheat headed early this year"; be in the front of or on top of; "The list was headed by the name of the president"; be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel; "This student heads the class"; take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"

circumstance collapse: information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take"; formal ceremony about important occasions; "pomp and circumstance"; a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity

slur over collapse

schema collapse: an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world

stewardess collapse: a woman steward on an airplane

stereotype collapse: a conventional or formulaic conception or image; "regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding"

call out collapse: challenge to a duel; "Aaron Burr called out Alexander Hamilton"; call out loudly, as of names or numbers

component collapse: an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"; an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"

conjure collapse

cachet collapse: a seal on a letter; a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal; an indication of approved or superior status

aspect collapse: a characteristic to be considered; a distinct feature or element in a problem; "he studied every facet of the question"; the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb

stub collapse: the part of a check that is retained as a record; a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt; a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost; strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object; "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken"; clear of weeds by uprooting them; "stub a field"; extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigarette now"; pull up (weeds) by their roots

summons collapse: a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant; an order to appear in person at a given place and time

chapter collapse: a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep"; a series of related events forming an episode; "a chapter of disasters"; a local branch of some fraternity or association; "he joined the Atlanta chapter"; an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church; any distinct period in history or in a person's life; "the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history"; "the divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship"

touch upon collapse

invoke collapse: cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law"

plate collapse: dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten; a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners); a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic; a shallow receptacle for collection in church; structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage; a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper); a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded; the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube; any flat platelike body structure or part; a main course served on a plate; "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special"; the thin under portion of the forequarter; a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly; the quantity contained in a plate; coat with a layer of metal; "plate spoons with silver"

summon collapse: call in an official matter, such as to attend court; ask to come; "summon a lawyer"

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