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grain collapse: the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain"; foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses; a small hard particle; "a grain of sand"; dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn; 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams; 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams; a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat; paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood

turpentine collapse: volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally; obtained from conifers (especially pines)

undercoat collapse: thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair; seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion

permeate collapse: spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"

imposed collapse: set forth authoritatively as obligatory; "the imposed taxation"; "rules imposed by society"

tempera collapse: pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk

waterworks collapse: workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community

hold out collapse: wait uncompromisingly for something desirable; "He held out for the dessert and did not touch the cheeses"

held collapse: occupied or in the control of; often used in combination; "enemy-held territory"

shock therapy collapse: treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions

fiducial collapse: based on trust; used as a fixed standard of reference for comparison or measurement; "a fiducial point"

gloss collapse: an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text; provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase; provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written"; give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing

impregnate collapse: make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again"; fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated"; infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"; fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"

sealed collapse: covered with a waterproof coating; "a sealed driveway"; having been paved; determined irrevocably; "his fate is sealed"; closed or secured with or as if with a seal; "my lips are sealed"; "the package is still sealed"; "the premises are sealed"; established irrevocably; "his fate is sealed"; undisclosed for the time being; "sealed orders"; "a sealed move in chess"

weather collapse: the meteorological conditions: temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "they were hoping for good weather"; "every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception"; change under the action or influence of the weather; "A weathered old hut"; sail to the windward of; cause to slope; face or endure with courage; "She braved the elements"

shade collapse: protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight; "they used umbrellas as shades"; "as the sun moved he readjusted the shade"; a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment); a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"; a position of relative inferiority; "an achievement that puts everything else in the shade"; "his brother's success left him in the shade"; relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body; "it is much cooler in the shade"; "there's too much shadiness to take good photographs"; protect from light, heat, or view; "Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight"; represent the effect of shade or shadow on

lodge collapse: any of various native American dwellings; a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter; small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener; English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940); fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"; provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"; be a lodger; stay temporarily; "Where are you lodging in Paris?"

leaven collapse: an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something; "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor"; a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid

remain collapse: be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"

transfuse collapse: give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to; pour out of one vessel into another

obligatory collapse: morally or legally constraining or binding; "attendance is obligatory"; "an obligatory contribution"; required by obligation or compulsion or convention; "he made all the obligatory apologies"

Sunday collapse: United States evangelist (1862-1935); first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians; spend Sunday; "We sundayed in the country"

statutory collapse: prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute; "statutory restrictions"; "a statutory age limit"; "statutory crimes"; "statutory rape"; relating to or created by statutes; "statutory matters"; "statutory law"

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