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department collapse: a specialized sphere of knowledge; "baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature"; a specialized division of a large organization; "you'll find it in the hardware department"; "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury"; the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

washer collapse: a home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically; seal consisting of a flat disk placed to prevent leakage; someone who washes things for a living

dishwasher collapse: a machine for washing dishes; someone who washes dishes

waste collapse: useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"; (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect; any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"; waste away; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"; cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"; use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"; run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean"; get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"; spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

unoriginal collapse: not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham

boring collapse: the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum; so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

sweeten collapse: make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable; "sweeten a deal"; make sweeter in taste

scorch collapse: a discoloration caused by heat; a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues; a surface burn; become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"; destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land"; become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"

scull collapse: a racing shell that is propelled by sculls; each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single oarsman; a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward; propel with sculls; "scull the boat"

blot collapse: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"; dry (ink) with blotting paper

uncultivated collapse: (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops; "uncultivated land"

aqueduct collapse: a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley

planter collapse: a decorative pot for house plants; the owner or manager of a plantation; a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground

get off collapse: escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"; cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case; "The lawyer got him off, even though there was no doubt in everybody's mind that he killed his wife"; deliver verbally; "He got off the best line I've heard in a long time"; leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.; enjoy in a sexual way; "He gets off on shoes"; be relieved of one's duties temporarily

sleet collapse: partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow); precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow; "If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet"

patch collapse: a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole; a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program; mend by putting a patch on; "patch a hole"; to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"; provide with a patch; also used metaphorically; "The field was patched with snow"

punt collapse: (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground; "the punt traveled 50 yards"; "punting is an important part of the game"; an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole; propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge"; kick the ball

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