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Host collapse: an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association; a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion; archaic terms for army; any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event; "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games"; the owner or manager of an inn; a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there; (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor; be the host of or for; "We hosted 4 couples last night"

shipwreck collapse: a wrecked ship (or a part of one); an accident that destroys a ship at sea; an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance"; destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked"; cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"; suffer failure, as in some enterprise; ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career"

seaward collapse: the direction toward the sea; directed or situated away from inland regions and toward the sea or coast; "from the hill he took a seaward course"; "on the seaward side of the road"; in the direction of the sea; "the sailor looked seaward"

predicament collapse: a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"

trough collapse: a long narrow shallow receptacle; a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)

tidewater collapse: the coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia; low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams

phylactery collapse: (Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer

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

nautical collapse: relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen; "nautical charts"; "maritime law"; "marine insurance"

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

cutoff collapse: a device that terminates the flow in a pipe; a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated

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

quicksand collapse: a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down; a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy

rosary collapse: a string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics)

solvent collapse: a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution"; capable of meeting financial obligations

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)

lift collapse: the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"; a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home"; the act of giving temporary assistance; one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot; a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg; a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground; remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"; take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"; remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs"; remove (hair) by scalping; put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"; rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly"; raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"; call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs; make audible; "He lifted a war whoop"; take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes"; take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"; move upwards; "lift one's eyes"; pay off (a mortgage)

reef collapse: a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water; reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef; roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area; lower and bring partially inboard; "reef the sailboat's mast"

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