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heft collapse: the property of being large in mass; test the weight of something by lifting it

former collapse: the first of two or the first mentioned of two; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today"

earlier collapse: (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early; "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera"; earlier in time; previously; "I had known her before"; "as I said before"; "he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"; "her parents had died four years earlier"; "I mentioned that problem earlier"

vulture collapse: any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion

burglary collapse: entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property

molar collapse: grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars; containing one mole of a substance; "molar weight"; designating a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution; of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth; "molar teeth"

anterior collapse: earlier in time; of or near the head end or toward the front plane of the body

face lift collapse: a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes; "give your home a facelift"; "more than a facelift, the new model marks a fundamental change of direction"; plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more than one face lift"

ante collapse: (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot; place one's stake

prior collapse: the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot

heighten collapse: make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest"; become more extreme; "The tension heightened"; increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"

exhilarate collapse: fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"

first collapse: an honours degree of the highest class; the first element in a countable series; "the first of the month"; the first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first"; being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first gear on steep hills"; ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"; preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"; highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn"; indicating the beginning unit in a series; before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"; the initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake"; before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let's do this job first"

elate collapse: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"

cringle collapse: fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines

foreground collapse: (computer science) a window for an active application; the part of a scene that is near the viewer; move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"; "highlight the passage so that you can find it again when you open the book"

once collapse: on one occasion; "once I ran into her"; at a previous time; "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once";; as soon as; "once we are home, we can rest"

bicuspid collapse: having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth); "bicuspid teeth"; "bicuspid leaves"

joyride collapse: a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure; "they took their girlfriends for joyrides in stolen cars"; ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street"

frontispiece collapse: front illustration facing the title page of a book; an ornamental facade

dignify collapse: raise the status of; "I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer"

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