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chin collapse: the protruding part of the lower jaw; raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar

verbalize collapse: convert into a verb; "many English nouns have become verbalized"; be verbose; "This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious"

cogent collapse: powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument"

gruff collapse: deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson

thrash out collapse: discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement; "The leaders of the various Middle Eastern countries are trying to hammer out a peace agreement"

ordered collapse: having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule; "an ordered sequence"; marked by system or regularity or discipline; "a quiet ordered house"; "an orderly universe"; "a well regulated life"

elated collapse: exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits; "the elated winner"; "felt elated and excited"; full of high-spirited delight; "a joyful heart"

misconstrue collapse: interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"

exaggerated collapse: enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; "had an exaggerated (or inflated) opinion of himself"; "a hyperbolic style"; enlarged to an abnormal degree; "thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes"; represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself"

chastise collapse: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

honesty collapse: the quality of being honest; southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration

isobar collapse: (meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time

terminology collapse: a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"

superior collapse: a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth; the head of a religious community; one of greater rank or station or quality; (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by; "overcome by a superior opponent"; "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law"; of or characteristic of high rank or importance; "a superior officer"; of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"; having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit; "Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets"

denouement collapse: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work; the outcome of a complex sequence of events

tinny collapse: thin and metallic in sound; lacking resonance; "an unpleasant tinny voice"; of or containing tin

misread collapse: interpret wrongly; "I misread Hamlet all my life!"; read or interpret wrongly; "He misread the data"

powerful collapse: having great power or force or potency or effect; "the most powerful government in western Europe"; "his powerful arms"; "a powerful bomb"; "the horse's powerful kick"; "powerful drugs"; "a powerful argument"

directness collapse: trueness of course toward a goal; "rivaling a hawk in directness of aim"

scintillate collapse: physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced"; give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes"

aristocratic collapse: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"

creditable collapse: worthy of often limited commendation; "the student's effort on the essay--though not outstanding--was creditable"

snug collapse: well and tightly constructed; "a snug house"; "a snug little sailboat"; offering safety; well protected or concealed; "a snug harbor"; "a snug hideout"

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