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shovel collapse: a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle; a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace; the quantity a shovel can hold; dig with or as if with a shovel; "shovel sand"; "he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long"

ladle collapse: a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; used to transfer liquids; remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of the bowl"; put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle; "ladle soup into the bowl"

mulch collapse: a protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion; cover with mulch; "mulch the flowerbeds"

hoe collapse: a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle; dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds"

bail collapse: the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial); "he is out on bail"; (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set bail at $10,000"; "a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman"; remove (water) from a vessel with a container; empty (a vessel) by bailing; secure the release of (someone) by providing security; deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period; release after a security has been paid

WASP collapse: social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting; a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination

paleface collapse: a derogatory term for a white person (said to have been used by North American Indians)

Oriental collapse: a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)

nigger collapse: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga"

Negro collapse: relating to or characteristic of or being a member of the traditional racial division of mankind having brown to black pigmentation and tightly curled hair

Caucasian collapse: a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that have no known affiliations to languages spoken elsewhere; of or relating to Caucasian people; of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia; "Caucasian languages"

colored person collapse: a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive

Man collapse: game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"; one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea; an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"; a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes good care of her man"; an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you"; the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself"; a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana"; provide with men; "We cannot man all the desks"; take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning"

fertilize collapse: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"; make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination"

Indian collapse: a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived; a native or inhabitant of India; of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages; "Native American religions"; "Indian arrowheads"; of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures; "the Indian subcontinent"; "Indian saris"

bucket collapse: a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top; the quantity contained in a bucket; carry in a bucket; put into a bucket

spoon collapse: a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food; formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face; as much as a spoon will hold; "he added two spoons of sugar"; scoop up or take up with a spoon; "spoon the sauce over the roast"

excavate collapse: remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"; form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"; find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"; lay bare through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"

pygmy collapse: any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet; an unusually small individual

scrabble collapse: a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game

weed out collapse: remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities"

boy collapse: (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man; "get out of my way, boy"; a friendly informal reference to a grown man; "he likes to play golf with the boys"

till collapse: unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together; work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil"

gook collapse: a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War)

grub collapse: a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects; search about busily

dredge collapse: a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed; remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water; search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost; cover before cooking; "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it"

tunnel collapse: a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars); "the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection"; force a way through

harrow collapse: a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil; draw a harrow over (land)

quarry collapse: extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry; "quarry marble"

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