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excerpt collapse: a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"; take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

ghettoize collapse: put in a ghetto; "The Jews in Eastern Europe were ghettoized"

winnow collapse: the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"; blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff"; separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"; blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass"

isolate collapse: place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"; obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"; separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them

insulate collapse: protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came"

sift collapse: separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"; move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods"

seclude collapse: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

choose collapse: pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"; select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast"; see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way; "She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam"

stamp out collapse: end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"

gudgeon collapse: small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers

round up collapse: seek out and bring together; "round up some loyal followers"

exceptionally collapse: to an exceptional degree; "it worked exceptionally well"

truncate collapse: terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid"; make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"; approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; "truncate a series"; replace a corner by a plane

derive collapse: develop or evolve from a latent or potential state; come from; "The present name derives from an older form"; obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden"; come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"

take out collapse: buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food; "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook"; remove something from a container or an enclosed space; obtain by legal or official process; "take out a license"; "take out a patent"; purchase prepared food to be eaten at home; cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

rule out collapse: dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"; include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules

prefer collapse: like better; value more highly; "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside"; promote over another; "he favors his second daughter"; give preference to one creditor over another

sucker collapse: mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps; an organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction; flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws; a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw); a shoot arising from a plant's roots

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