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relations collapse: mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups

sideways collapse: toward one side; "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"; "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows"; with one side forward or to the front; "turned sideways to show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise"

underneath collapse: under or below an object or a surface; at a lower place or level; directly beneath; "we could see the original painting underneath"; "a house with a good foundation underneath"; on the lower or downward side; on the underside of; "a chest of drawers all scratched underneath"

womanhood collapse: the status of a woman; women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on the veranda"; the state of being an adult woman

starboard collapse: the right side of a ship or aircraft to someone facing the bow or nose; located on the right side of a ship or aircraft; turn to the right, of helms or rudders

left collapse: a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east; "take a left at the corner"; the hand that is on the left side of the body; "jab with your left"; those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare; location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east; "she stood on the left"; of or belonging to the political or intellectual left; being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; "my left hand"; "left center field"; "the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream"; toward or on the left; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the political party has moved left"

breech collapse: opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded

right winger collapse

verso collapse: left-hand page

womanly collapse: befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman; "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion"

abreast collapse: alongside each other, facing on the same direction

right hand collapse

sidelong collapse: inclining or directed to one side; "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker; to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"; with the side toward someone or something; "seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; on the side; "the plow lay sidelong on the ground"

aside collapse: a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage; in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"; on or to one side; "step aside"; "stood aside to let him pass"; "threw the book aside"; "put her sewing aside when he entered"; out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away"; placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; "had a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a day set aside for relaxing"

female collapse: an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa); a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies; being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop; "a female heir"; "female holly trees bear the berries"; for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls; "the female lead in the play"; "a female chorus"; characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage"

matronly collapse: befitting or characteristic of a fully mature woman; "her matronly figure"

birth collapse: the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child"; the time when something begins (especially life); "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age"

underlayer collapse

derivation collapse: the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin; drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation; drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body; a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions; the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish derivation"; (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: `singer' from `sing'; `undo' from `do'

indirectly collapse: not in a forthright manner; "he answered very indirectly"

back way collapse

flip side collapse: a different aspect of something (especially the opposite aspect); "the flip side of your positive qualities sometimes get out of control"; "on the flip side of partnerships he talked about their competition"

family collapse: primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"; people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"; a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"; (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"; an association of people who share common beliefs or activities; "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"; "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship"

succession collapse: acquisition of property by descent or by will; the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence"; a group of people or things arranged or following in order; "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures"; (ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established

right and left collapse

collateral collapse: a security pledged for the repayment of a loan; descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"; situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of mountains"; accompany, concomitant; "collateral target damage from a bombing run"; serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"

spindle collapse: a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning; any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts; (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle; "chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis"

pintle collapse: a pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge

affiliation collapse: the act of becoming formally connected or joined; "welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university"; a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England"

away collapse: (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"; used of an opponent's ground; "an away game"; from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach"; from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"; out of existence; "the music faded away"; "tried to explain away the affair of the letter"- H.E.Scudder; "idled the hours away"; "her fingernails were worn away"; indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily; "he worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it"; in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away"; in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping); "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked away in a safe"; "filed the letter away"; so as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away"; freely or at will; "fire away!"

rooftop collapse: the top of a (usually flat) roof

right wing collapse

underbelly collapse: the quality of being weak or unprotected; "the soft underbelly of the Axis"- Winston Churchill; the soft belly or underside of an animal's body; lower side; "the underbellies of clouds"

topside collapse: (usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline

clerestory collapse: part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light

Frau collapse: a German courtesy title or form of address for an adult woman

donna collapse: an Italian woman of rank

feminine collapse: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female; associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition"; of grammatical gender; (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable; "a feminine ending"

lee collapse: the side of something that is sheltered from the wind; American general who led the Confederate armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870); soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818); leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American colonies (1732-1794); United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926); United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973); United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970); United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of Black culture in America (born in 1957)

recto collapse: right-hand page

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