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runner collapse: fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil; device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along; a long narrow carpet; a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; "he sent a runner over with the contract"; someone who travels on foot by running; a trained athlete who competes in foot races

item collapse: a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection; "they reduced the price on many items"; a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list; "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main point on the agenda was taken up first"; (used when listing or enumerating items) also; "a length of chain, item a hook"-Philip Guedalla

clause collapse: (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence

diagram collapse: a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts; make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how things work or how they are constructed

usher collapse: someone employed to conduct others; an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber; show (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums; "The usher showed us to our seats"

streamer collapse: a newspaper headline that runs across the full page; light that streams; "streamers of flames"

hanger collapse: anything from which something can be hung; a worker who hangs something

important collapse: of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"; having or suggesting a consciousness of high position; "recited the decree with an important air"; "took long important strides in the direction of his office"

paragraph collapse: one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line; write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher; write about in a paragraph; "All her friends were paragraphed in last Monday's paper"; divide into paragraphs, as of text; "This story is well paragraphed"

scan collapse: the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"; an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"; read metrically; "scan verses"; make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky"; move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image; examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"; examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"; conform to a metrical pattern

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