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capsize collapse: overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!"

sprawl collapse: an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about; sit or lie with one's limbs spread out; go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far"

barber collapse: a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade; United States composer (1910-1981); perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of

careen collapse: move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"

flounder collapse: any of various European and non-European marine flatfish; flesh of any of various American and European flatfish; behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college"

stumble collapse: make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"; miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"; walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"; encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

header collapse: a headlong jump (or fall); "he took a header into the shrubbery"; (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head; a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon; a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters; brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall; horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window

misfire collapse: an explosion that fails to occur; fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired"

agriculturist collapse: someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil

tiller collapse: lever used to turn the rudder on a boat; someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops); a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass

planter collapse: a decorative pot for house plants; the owner or manager of a plantation; a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground

tumble collapse: an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end; do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully; suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat; put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry"; fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"; throw together in a confused mass; "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"; roll over and over, back and forth; fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

picker collapse: someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.; a person who chooses or selects out

lurch collapse: an unsteady uneven gait; the act of moving forward suddenly; abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"; a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage); defeat by a lurch; move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"; move slowly and unsteadily; "The truck lurched down the road"

haymaker collapse: a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing; a farm machine that treats hay to cause more rapid and even drying

tilt collapse: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"; a slight but noticeable partiality; "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings"; charge with a tilt

totter collapse: move without being stable, as if threatening to fall; "The drunk man tottered over to our table"

deflation collapse: the act of letting the air out of something; a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices; (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind; "a constant deflation of the desert landscape"

spread eagle collapse: a skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a straight line; an emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States

farmer collapse: a person who operates a farm; an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915); United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920)

peasant collapse: a country person; a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement; one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers

stagger collapse: to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"; astound or overwhelm, as with shock; "She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake"; walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"; walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

breakdown collapse: an analysis into mutually exclusive categories; a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown"; a mental or physical breakdown

yeoman collapse: in former times was free and cultivated his own land; officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch

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