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tauten collapse: make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope"; become taut or tauter; "Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened"

prevail collapse: use persuasion successfully; "He prevailed upon her to visit his parents"; prove superior; "The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight"; continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"; be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds"

castle collapse: interchanging the positions of the king and a rook; a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack; (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard; move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king

tampon collapse: plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood); plug with a tampon

temporize collapse: draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; "The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote"

caravan collapse: a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; "we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels"; "they joined the wagon train for safety"; travel in a caravan

track collapse: the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track; any road or path affording passage especially a rough one; a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll; a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels; a groove on a phonograph recording; (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data; an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground; make tracks upon; carry on the feet and deposit; "track mud into the house"; observe or plot the moving path of something; "track a missile"

inquisition collapse: a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals); a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy

plaster collapse: adhesive tape used in dressing wounds; a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling); "there were cracks in the plaster"; a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings; coat with plaster; "daub the wall"; apply a heavy coat to; apply a plaster cast to; "plaster the broken arm"; affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the wall"; cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on; "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"; "She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco"

solicit collapse: make a solicitation or petition for something desired; "She is too shy to solicit"; incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents"; make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"

defender collapse: a person who cares for persons or property; a fighter who holds out against attack

standby collapse: something that can be relied on when needed; ready for emergency use; "a standby generator"; "a standby crew"

kitchen cabinet collapse: an inner circle of unofficial advisors to the head of a government

privy council collapse: an advisory council to a ruler (especially to the British crown)

divan collapse: a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall); a Muslim council chamber or law court; a collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author); a Muslim council of state

beak collapse: horny projecting mouth of a bird; beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles); informal terms for the nose

solicitor collapse: a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents; a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes

hold over collapse: intimidate somebody (with a threat); "She was holding it over him"; continue a term of office past the normal period of time; keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time

admirer collapse: someone who admires a young woman; "she had many admirers"; a person who admires; someone who esteems or respects or approves

plane collapse: a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood; "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work"; a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood; (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane"; a level of existence or development; "he lived on a worldly plane"; cut or remove with or as if with a plane; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"; make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane; "plane the top of the door"; travel on the surface of water

trammel collapse: a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble; an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace

perorate collapse: deliver an oration in grandiloquent style; conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation

bring in collapse: bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment; "He brought in a new judge"; "The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor"; transmit; "The microphone brought in the sounds from the room next to mine"; submit (a verdict) to a court

prosecutor collapse: a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state

traction collapse: (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing; "his leg was in traction for several days"

face to face collapse: involving close contact; confronting each other; "the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner"; "they spoke face to face"

confine collapse: prevent from leaving or from being removed; deprive of freedom; take into confinement

aboveboard collapse: without concealment or deception; honest; "their business was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his business affairs"

ivory collapse: a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses

counselor collapse: someone who gives advice about problems; someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp

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