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pin collapse: a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things; a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment; flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green; cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown; informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his sticks"; immobilize a piece; attach or fasten with pins; pierce with a pin; "pin down the butterfly"

permanent collapse: continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"; not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition; "permanent brain damage"

eternity collapse: a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife; time without end; a seemingly endless time interval (waiting)

windy collapse: resembling the wind in speed,force, or variability; "a windy dash home"

prescriptive collapse: pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"

esquire collapse: a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name; (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood

fairy godmother collapse: a female character is some fairy stories who has magical powers and can bring unexpected good fortune to the hero or heroine; a generous benefactor

vital collapse: manifesting or characteristic of life; "a vital, living organism"; "vital signs"; performing an essential function in the living body; "vital organs"; "blood and other vital fluids"; "the loss of vital heat in shock"; "a vital spot"; "life-giving love and praise"

footage collapse: film that has been shot; "they had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes"; "he edited the news footage"; a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done

giant collapse: any creature of exceptional size; an unusually large enterprise; "Walton built a retail giant"; an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fair tales; someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful; a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

maintenance collapse: the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community; "unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit"; means of maintenance of a family or group

larva collapse: the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

promenade collapse: a march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance; a square dance figure; couples march counterclockwise in a circle; a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk; a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year; take a leisurely walk; "The ladies promenaded along the beach"

persistent collapse: never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums"; retained; not shed; "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes"

squandered collapse: not used to good advantage; "squandered money cannot be replaced"; "a wasted effort"

eventually collapse: within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time; "he will understand eventually"; "he longed for the flowers that were yet to show themselves"; "sooner or later you will have to face the facts"; "in time they came to accept the harsh reality"

now collapse: the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now"; used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention"; at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now"; in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events; "President Kennedy now calls in the National Guard"; "Washington now decides to cross the Delaware"; "the ship is now listing to port"; in the immediate past; "told me just now"; (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity; "Now the next problem is..."

probably collapse: with considerable certainty; without much doubt; "He is probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are headed for war"

venerable collapse: impressive by reason of age; "a venerable sage with white hair and beard"

settler collapse: a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country; a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings; a negotiator who settles disputes

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