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hedge collapse: a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes; an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging"; any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change; minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"; avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"; enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; "hedge the property"; hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; "The animals were hedged in"

ability collapse: the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment; possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"

annulet collapse: a small ring; molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column; (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle; "a hollow roundel"

inhibit collapse: limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"

servitude collapse: state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment; "penal servitude"

long collapse: having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply"; primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long"; primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"; (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration; " the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long"; holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"; involving substantial risk; "long odds"; of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows"; for an extended time or at a distant time; "a promotion long overdue"; "something long hoped for"; "his name has long been forgotten"; "talked all night long"; "how long will you be gone?"; "arrived long before he was expected"; "it is long after your bedtime"; for an extended distance

problem collapse: a question raised for consideration or solution; "our homework consisted of ten problems to solve"; a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved; "she and her husband are having problems"; "it is always a job to contact him"; "urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog"

retrench collapse: make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"; tighten one's belt; use resources carefully

fractious collapse: unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome; "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas"; "fractious components of a communication system"; stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"

uplifting collapse: the rise of something; "the uplifting of the clouds revealed the blue of a summer sky"

basis collapse: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"; the most important or necessary part of something; "the basis of this drink is orange juice"

famine collapse: a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

feedback collapse: response to an inquiry or experiment; the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output

palm collapse: the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers; any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves; a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand

reward collapse: an act performed to strengthen approved behavior; the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property; payment made in return for a service rendered; act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions

finish collapse: the act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause"; (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed); "the wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish"; the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict); "booze will be the finish of him"; "it was a fight to the finish"; designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the winner is the team with the most points at the finish"; the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view"; cause to finish a relationship with somebody; "That finished me with Mary"; provide with a finish; "The carpenter finished the table beautifully"

heel collapse: the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation; (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft; the lower end of a ship's mast; the back part of the human foot; one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread; put a new heel on; "heel shoes"; strike with the heel of the club; "heel a golf ball"; perform with the heels; "heel that dance"; follow at the heels of a person

vertex collapse: the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure; the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid"

condominium collapse: housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned; one of the dwelling units in a condominium

tenderloin collapse: the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column

intaglio collapse: glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo)

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