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thrash collapse: a swimming kick used while treading water; give a thrashing to; beat hard; beat the seeds out of a grain; move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; "The system is thrashing again!"; beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all

moonshine collapse: whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash; distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine

winnow collapse: the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"; blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff"; separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"; blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass"

isolate collapse: place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"; obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"; separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them

entangle collapse: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"; entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past"

quarantine collapse: isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease; enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease; place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons; "My dog was quarantined before he could live in England"

segregate collapse: someone who is or has been segregated; separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"; divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate"; separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county"

sift collapse: separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"; move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods"

tavern collapse: a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks

cordon collapse: adornment consisting of an ornamental ribbon or cord; cord or ribbon worn as an insignia of honor or rank

snare collapse: a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose; strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit; a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities

bridge collapse: any of various card games based on whist for four players; a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.; an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands; the link between two lenses; rests on nose; a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth; a wooden support that holds the strings up; a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected; the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose; "her glasses left marks on the bridge of her nose"; something resembling a bridge in form or function; "his letters provided a bridge across the centuries"; make a bridge across; "bridge a river"; cross over on a bridge; connect or reduce the distance between

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