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rhomboid collapse: any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade; a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal; shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid; "rhomboidal shapes"

layout collapse: the act of laying out (as by making plans for something); a plan or design of something that is laid out

rug collapse: floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)

rank and file collapse: the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army); "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel"; people who constitute the main body of any group

work out collapse: come up with; "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"; "We worked up an ad for our client"; be calculated; "The fees work out to less than $1,000"; happen in a certain way, leading to, producing, or resulting in a certain outcome, often well; "Things worked out in an interesting way"; "Not everything worked out in the end and we were disappointed"

refraction collapse: the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another

sculpt collapse: shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"; create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice"

heroine collapse: the main good female character in a work of fiction; a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds

hence collapse: from this time; "a year hence it will be forgotten"; from this place; "get thee hence!"

reputation collapse: the general estimation that the public has for a person; "he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing"; "he was a person of bad report"; notoriety for some particular characteristic; "his reputation for promiscuity"

diagram collapse: a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts; make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how things work or how they are constructed

container collapse: any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

profile collapse: biographical sketch; an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics; "a biochemical profile of blood"; "a psychological profile of serial killers"; a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers; a side view representation of an object (especially a human face); represent in profile, by drawing or painting; write about; "The author of this article profiles a famous painter"

calculation collapse: the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods; planning something carefully and intentionally; "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting"; problem solving that involves numbers or quantities

typify collapse: express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"; embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition"

charcoal collapse: a stick of black carbon material used for drawing; a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material; a very dark grey color; a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air; of a very dark grey; draw, trace, or represent with charcoal

personify collapse: attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"

ether collapse: a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic; a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves; any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom

thence collapse: from that place or from there; "proceeded thence directly to college"; "flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow"; "roads that lead therefrom"; from that circumstance or source; "atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible"- W.V.Quine; "a natural conclusion follows thence"; "public interest and a policy deriving therefrom"; "typhus fever results therefrom"

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