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rest collapse: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"; a support on which things can be put; "the gun was steadied on a special rest"; a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration; euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"; a state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon"; be at rest; take a short break from one's activities in order to relax; give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment"; not move; be in a resting position; put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying; "Rest your head on my shoulder"; be inactive, refrain from acting; "The committee is resting over the summer"; be inherent or innate in;

allowance collapse: the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room"; a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits; an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit"; an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period); "travel allowance"; "my weekly allowance of two eggs"; "a child's allowance should not be too generous"; a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses; put on a fixed allowance, as of food

calm collapse: (of weather) free from storm or wind; "calm seas"; not agitated; without losing self-possession; "spoke in a calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"; "he remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in the country"; become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."; make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"

hide collapse: body covering of a living animal; the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal); prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"; be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety; "Probably his horse would be close to where he was hiding"; "She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana"

compose collapse: put together out of existing material; "compile a list"; write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"; calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult"; form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his personality"

buzz collapse: a confusion of activity and gossip; "the buzz of excitement was so great that a formal denial was issued"; sound of rapid vibration; "the buzz of a bumble bee"; call with a buzzer; "he buzzed the servant"; fly low; "Planes buzzed the crowds in the square"; make a buzzing sound; "bees were buzzing around the hive"

curtain collapse: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window); any barrier to communication or vision; "a curtain of secrecy"; "a curtain of trees"; provide with drapery; "curtain the bedrooms"

dead collapse: people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead"; a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter"; devoid of activity; "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"; physically inactive; "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"; no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"; not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat; "Mars is a dead planet"; "a dead battery"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead"; lacking animation or excitement or activity; "the party being dead we left early"; "it was a lifeless party until she arrived"; drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"; no longer having force or relevance; "a dead issue"; no longer in force or use; inactive; "a defunct (or dead) law"; "a defunct organization"; lacking resilience or bounce; "a dead tennis ball"; not surviving in active use; "Latin is a dead language"; out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown; "a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead"; unerringly accurate; "a dead shot"; "took dead aim"; not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds"; lacking acoustic resonance; "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"; devoid of physical sensation; numb; "his gums were dead from the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"; "a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities"

gentle collapse: having or showing a kindly or tender nature; "the gentle touch of her hand"; "her gentle manner was comforting"; "a gentle sensitive nature"; "gentle blue eyes"; quiet and soothing; "a gentle voice"; "a gentle nocturne"; soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe; "a gentle reprimand"; "a vein of gentle irony"; "poked gentle fun at him"; stroke soothingly

pipe collapse: a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.; a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco; a small fipple flute that is played with the left hand while the right hand is free to beat a tabor; a hollow cylindrical shape; trim with piping; "pipe the skirt"; play on a pipe; "pipe a tune"; transport by pipeline; "pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert"

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