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avarice collapse: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins); extreme greed for material wealth

stuck collapse: caught or fixed; "stuck in the mud"; baffled; "this problem has me completely stuck"

tipsy collapse: unstable and prone to tip as if intoxicated; " a tipsy boat"

thirsty collapse: able to take in large quantities of moisture; "thirsty towels"; feeling a need or desire to drink; "after playing hard the children were thirsty"; needing moisture; "thirsty fields under a rainless sky"

elliptic collapse: characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements; "the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints"; "the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity"- H.O.Taylor; of a leaf shape; in the form of an ellipse

closeness collapse: characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes); a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their closeness grew as the night wore on"

seniority collapse: higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service

uncommunicative collapse: not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions

grass roots collapse: the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity); the essential foundation or source; "the problem was attacked at the grass roots"

illuminated collapse: provided with artificial light; "illuminated advertising"; "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a brightly lit room"; "a well-lighted stairwell"

clamp collapse: a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together; impose or inflict forcefully; "The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital"; fasten or fix with a clamp; "clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened"

tumble collapse: an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end; do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully; suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat; put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry"; fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"; throw together in a confused mass; "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"; roll over and over, back and forth; fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

stifle collapse: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee; smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"

jacket collapse: a short coat; an outer wrapping or casing; "phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets"; the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition; the outer skin of a potato; put a jacket on; "The men were jacketed"; provide with a thermally non-conducting cover; "The tubing needs to be jacketed"

landholding collapse: a holding in the form of land; ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land

pigeonhole collapse: a specific (often simplistic) category; treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"; place into a small compartment

clinch collapse: (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily; the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet; a small slip noose made with seizing; settle conclusively; "clinch a deal"; flatten the ends (of nails and rivets); "the nails were clinched"; secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts; "The girder was clinched into the wall"; embrace amorously; hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches

corpus delicti collapse: the body of evidence that constitute the offence; the objective proof that a crime has been committed (sometimes mistakenly thought to refer to the body of a homicide victim)

cling to collapse: hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared"

mummy collapse: a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)

cracker collapse: a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends; a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet; a programmer who `cracks' (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things; "crackers are often mistakenly called hackers"

crouch collapse: the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body; bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"

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