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faucet collapse: a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir

mask collapse: activity that tries to conceal something; "no mask could conceal his ignorance"; "they moved in under a mask of friendship"; a covering to disguise or conceal the face; a protective covering worn over the face; put a mask on or cover with a mask; "Mask the children for Halloween"; shield from light; cover with a sauce; "mask the meat"

dance collapse: an artistic form of nonverbal communication; a party for social dancing; a party of people assembled for dancing; move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio"; move in a graceful and rhythmical way; "The young girl danced into the room"; skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways; "Dancing flames"; "The children danced with joy"

preen collapse: dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera"; pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement; clean with one's bill; "The birds preened"

misrepresent collapse: represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"

chimera collapse: a grotesque product of the imagination; (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon

impracticality collapse: concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use

bizarre collapse: conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"

refurbish collapse: make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate"

notional collapse: not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge"

maggot collapse: the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter

valve collapse: control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid; device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone; a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it

hop collapse: the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot); an informal dance where popular music is played; twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer; travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.; "She hopped a train to Chicago"; "He hopped rides all over the country"; jump lightly; make a jump forward or upward; jump across; "He hopped the bush"; make a quick trip especially by air; "Hop the Pacific Ocean"; move quickly from one place to another

vagary collapse: an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.); "the vagaries of the weather"; "his wealth fluctuates with the vagaries of the stock market"; "he has dealt with human vagaries for many years"

get up collapse: get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"; cause to rise; "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."

stylish collapse: having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress; "a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey"; "the stylish resort of Gstadd"

Gothic collapse: a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches; a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries; extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas; characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque; "gothic novels like `Frankenstein'"; of or relating to the Goths; "Gothic migrations"; of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths; "the Gothic Bible translation"; characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German

idealization collapse: a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading"; something that exists only as an idea; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad

fanciful collapse: indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood"; having a curiously intricate quality; "a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers"; not based on fact; dubious; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "her imagined fame"; "to create a notional world for oneself"

hallucination collapse: an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode; "he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination"; illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder

garnish collapse: any decoration added as a trimming or adornment; something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration

fad collapse: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"

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