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summer school collapse: an academic session during the summer; usually for remedial or supplementary study

miscegenation collapse: reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)

field day collapse: a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering; a time of unusual pleasure and success; a day for outdoor athletic competition; (military) a day for military exercises and display

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..."

fodder collapse: coarse food (especially for cattle and horses) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop; give fodder (to domesticated animals)

eleventh hour collapse: the latest possible moment; "money became available at the eleventh hour"; "at the last minute the government changed the rules"

take the cake collapse: rank first; used often in a negative context; "He takes the cake for chutzpah!"

wadi collapse: gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season

eiderdown collapse: down of the eider duck; a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider

interminably collapse: all the time; seemingly without stopping; "a theological student with whom I argued interminably"; "her nagging went on endlessly"

crib collapse: the cards discarded by players at cribbage; baby bed with high sides made of slats; a bin or granary for storing grains; line with beams or planks; "crib a construction hole"; take unauthorized (intellectual material); use a crib, as in an exam

Yom Kippur collapse: (Judaism) a solemn and major fast day on the Jewish calendar; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic law

rainy day collapse: a (future) time of financial need; "I am saving for a rainy day"

sluice collapse: conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate; irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"; draw through a sluice; "sluice water"; transport in or send down a sluice; "sluice logs"; pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"

long ago collapse: of the distant or comparatively distant past; "We met once long ago"; "they long ago forsook their nomadic life"; "left for work long ago"; "he has long since given up mountain climbing"; "This name has long since been forgotten"; "lang syne" is Scottish

misalliance collapse: an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)

avoidance collapse: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

centennial collapse: the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it); of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years; "centennial celebration"

sprawl collapse: an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about; sit or lie with one's limbs spread out; go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far"

today collapse: the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow); "Today is beautiful"; "did you see today's newspaper?"; the present time or age; "the world of today"; "today we have computers"; on this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow; "I can't meet with you today"

commemoration collapse: a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something

biennial collapse: a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season; having a life cycle lasting two seasons; "a biennial life cycle"; "parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals"; occurring every second year; "they met at biennial conventions"

steadily collapse: at a steady rate or pace; "his interest eroded steadily"; in a steady manner; "he could still walk steadily"

day collapse: United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935); a period of opportunity; "he deserves his day in court"; "every dog has his day"; some point or period in time; "it should arrive any day now"; "after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the days"; "these days it is not unusual"; the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working); "my day began early this morning"; "it was a busy day on the stock exchange"; "she called it a day and went to bed"; time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day"; a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance; "Mother's Day"; the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime"; the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis; "how long is a day on Jupiter?"; an era of existence or influence; "in the day of the dinosaurs"; "in the days of the Roman Empire"; "in the days of sailing ships"; "he was a successful pianist in his day"

public school collapse: a tuition free school in the United States supported by taxes and controlled by a school board; private independent secondary school in Great Britain supported by endowment and tuition

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