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bankbook collapse: a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks

passbook collapse

balance sheet collapse: a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets

grasp collapse: hold firmly

intercommunicate collapse: be interconnected, afford passage; "These rooms intercommunicate"

amaze collapse: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"

waver collapse: the act of moving back and forth; someone who communicates by waving; sway to and fro

mystery story collapse

love story collapse: a story dealing with love

science fiction collapse: literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society

whodunit collapse

sci fi collapse

put aside collapse

fasten upon collapse

parable collapse: (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message; "the parable of the prodigal son"

take it collapse

licked collapse: having been got the better of; "I'm pretty beat up but I don't feel licked yet"

suspend collapse: cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"; make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"; hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"; bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.; render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended"

pending collapse: awaiting conclusion or confirmation; "business still pending"

hang up collapse: interrupt a telephone conversation; put a telephone receiver back in its cradle

stumbling block collapse: any obstacle or impediment

bamboozle collapse: conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"

pessimism collapse: a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things; the feeling that things will turn out badly

dally collapse: consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"; waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!"; behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection"

hang about collapse

with bated breath collapse

cliff hanging collapse

cleave collapse: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"; make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"

taut collapse: pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope"; subjected to great tension; stretched tight; "the skin of his face looked drawn and tight"; "her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow"

indecision collapse: doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action; "his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost"

keep up collapse: prevent from going to bed at night; "The anticipation of the trip kept the children up all night"; "I kept myself up all night studying for the exam"; keep informed; "He kept up on his country's foreign policies"; maintain a required pace or level; "He could not keep up and dropped out of the race"

books collapse

nervous tension collapse

in question collapse

irresolution collapse

scrag collapse: the lean end of a neck of veal; lean end of the neck

solidify collapse: become solid; "The metal solidified when it cooled"; make solid or more solid; cause to solidify

cascade collapse: a succession of stages or operations or processes or units; "progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring"; "separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes"; a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls; arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible; rush down in big quantities, like a cascade

get on collapse: appear in a show, on T.V. or radio; "The news won't be on tonight"; grow late or (of time) elapse; "It is getting on midnight--let's all go to bed!"

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