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feast collapse: something experienced with great delight; "a feast for the eyes"; partake in a feast or banquet; provide a feast or banquet for

name collapse: by the sanction or authority of; "halt in the name of the law"; a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"; a defamatory or abusive word or phrase; family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"; a well-known or notable person; "they studied all the great names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure in modern music"; a person's reputation; "he wanted to protect his good name"; mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!"; give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"; assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"; charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"

civilize collapse: raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"

sublime collapse: lifted up or set high; "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton; vaporize and then condense right back again; change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated"

assist collapse: (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play; act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function

gasoline collapse: a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

kerosene collapse: a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters

paraffin collapse: (British usage) kerosine; from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings

leadership collapse: the activity of leading; "his leadership inspired the team"; the ability to lead; "he believed that leadership can be taught"; the body of people who lead a group; "the national leadership adopted his plan"; the status of a leader; "they challenged his leadership of the union"

pathos collapse: a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); "the film captured all the pathos of their situation"; a style that has the power to evoke feelings

decency collapse: the quality of being polite and respectable; the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality

mighty collapse: having or showing great strength or force or intensity; "struck a mighty blow"; "the mighty logger Paul Bunyan"; "the pen is mightier than the sword"- Bulwer-Lytton; (Southern regional intensive) very; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"

capriole collapse: (dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump; perform a capriole, in ballet; perform a capriole, of horses in dressage

discriminate collapse: marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions; "discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people"; noting distinctions with nicety; "a discriminating interior designer"; "a nice sense of color"; "a nice point in the argument"; recognize or perceive the difference; distinguish; "I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish"; treat differently on the basis of sex or race

upcast collapse: air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine

demeanor collapse: (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

educate collapse: give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better"; train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"

speaker collapse: someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"; the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly; "the leader of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of Representatives"

mammon collapse: (New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit; "ye cannot serve God and Mammon"; wealth regarded as an evil influence

imitate collapse: make a reproduction or copy of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"; appear like, as in behavior or appearance; "Life imitate art"

emend collapse: make improvements or corrections to; "the text was emended in the second edition"

pressing collapse: a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press; compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair"

deify collapse: exalt to the position of a God; "the people deified their King"; consider as a god or godlike; "These young men deify financial success"

superlative collapse: the superlative form of an adjective; "`best' is the superlative form of `good'"; an exaggerated expression (usually of praise); "the critics lavished superlatives on it"

exigent collapse: requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation"

cyclone collapse: a violent rotating windstorm; (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low-pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern

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