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lunch collapse: a midday meal; take the midday meal; "At what time are you lunching?"; provide a midday meal for; "She lunched us well"

excuse collapse: a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him"; a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"; excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"; serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again"; grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"; ask for permission to be released from an engagement; accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands"

resume collapse: take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations"; return to a previous location or condition; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"; assume anew; "resume a title"; "resume an office"; "resume one's duties"

spin collapse: a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion); "the campaign put a favorable spin on the story"; a short drive in a car; "he took the new car for a spin"; the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"; a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile); prolong or extend; "spin out a visit"; twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing"; work natural fibers into a thread; "spin silk"; form a web by making a thread; "spiders spin a fine web"; make up a story; "spin a yarn"; revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"; stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods"

egg white collapse: the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water; "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs"

clambake collapse: a cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed

solicit collapse: make a solicitation or petition for something desired; "She is too shy to solicit"; incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents"; make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"

adventure collapse: a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

avoidance collapse: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

woo collapse: make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary"; seek someone's favor; "China is wooing Russia"

memorial collapse: a structure erected to commemorate persons or events; a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority; a recognition of meritorious service

bilateral collapse: having two sides or parts; affecting or undertaken by two parties; "a bilateral agreement between the United States and Japan"; having identical parts on each side of an axis

homework collapse: preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

regurgitate collapse: repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information"; feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food; "many birds feed their young by regurgitating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest"; pour or rush back; "The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle"

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"

duplex collapse: allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously; "duplex system"; "duplex telephony"; (used technically of a device or process) having two parts; "a duplex transaction"; change into a duplex

news collapse: new information about specific and timely events; "they awaited news of the outcome"; new information of any kind; "it was news to me"; information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; "the news of my death was greatly exaggerated"

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