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straight collapse: a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit); right; in keeping with the facts; "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report"; successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days"; following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning"; (of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky"; not homosexual; erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back"; having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"; free from curves or angles; "a straight line"; characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal"; neatly arranged; not disorderly; "the room is straight now"; in a straight line; in a direct course; "the road runs straight"

gravity collapse: a solemn and dignified feeling; (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein

presumptive collapse: affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance; "presumptive evidence"; "a strong presumptive case is made out"; having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance; "the presumptive heir (or heir apparent)"

cobweb collapse: a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web; filaments from a web that was spun by a spider; a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider

opposite collapse: of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem; "opposite leaves"; altogether different in nature or quality or significance; "the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"; "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"- Charles Reade; the other one of a complementary pair; "the opposite sex"; "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors"; being directly across from each other; facing; "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"- Longfellow; "we lived on opposite sides of the street"; "at opposite poles"; moving or facing away from each other; "looking in opposite directions"; "they went in opposite directions"

worth collapse: the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful; French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895); an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value; "10 dollars worth of gasoline"

deform collapse: alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"; become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"; make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"

glass collapse: a container for holding liquids while drinking; glassware collectively; "She collected old glass"; the quantity a glass will hold; a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure; put in a glass container; enclose with glass; "glass in a porch"; scan (game in the forest) with binoculars; furnish with glass; "glass the windows"

trick collapse: a cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it"; an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent; "that offer was a dirty trick"; (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner; a period of work or duty

recondition collapse: bring into an improved condition; "He reconditioned the old appliances"

come to light collapse: be revealed or disclosed; "The truth finally came to light"

book value collapse: the value at which an asset is carried on a balance sheet; equals cost minus accumulated depreciation

turn the tables collapse: cause a complete reversal of the circumstances; "The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power!"

denature collapse: make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes; modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished; add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb

prefix collapse: an affix that is added in front of the word; attach a prefix to; "prefixed words"

transit collapse: cause or enable to pass through; "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day"; revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction; pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place); "The comet will transit on September 11"; make a passage or journey from one place to another; "The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;" "Some travelers pass through the desert"

brassy collapse: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"; resembling the sound of a brass instrument

hazard collapse: an obstacle on a golf course; a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"

brazen collapse: made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness); face with defiance or impudence; "brazen it out"

reversal collapse: a change from one state to the opposite state; "there was a reversal of autonomic function"; a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside; a decision to reverse an earlier decision; turning in an opposite direction or position; "the reversal of the image in the lens"

reinstatement collapse: the act of restoring someone to a previous position; "we insisted on the reinstatement of the colonel"; the condition of being reinstated; "her reinstatement to her former office followed quickly"

bring up collapse: cause to come to a sudden stop; "The noise brought her up in shock"; promote from a lower position or rank; "This player was brought up to the major league"

pomade collapse: hairdressing consisting of a perfumed oil or ointment; apply pomade to (hair)

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