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answer collapse: a nonverbal reaction; "his answer to any problem was to get drunk"; "their answer was to sue me"; the principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims; a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics"; the speech act of replying to a question; understand the meaning of; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered"; give the correct answer or solution to; "answer a question"; "answer the riddle"; react to a stimulus or command; "The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch"; respond to a signal; "answer the door"; "answer the telephone"; give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument); "The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution"; reply or respond to; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"; be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of; "This may answer her needs"; match or correspond; "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave"; be liable or accountable; "She must answer for her actions"

whip up collapse: prepare or cook quickly or hastily

shift collapse: the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class"; an event in which something is displaced without rotation; a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time; the time period during which you are at work; move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion"; change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"; move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention"; change in quality; "His tone shifted"; change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"; use a shift key on a keyboard; "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case"; change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

roughcast collapse: a rough preliminary model; a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls; apply roughcast to; "roughcast a wall"; shape roughly

stroke collapse: a light touch with the hands; a single complete movement; (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot require good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"; any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing; a mark made by a writing implement (as in cursive writing); a light touch; the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew; a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain; treat gingerly or carefully; "You have to stroke the boss"; strike a ball with a smooth blow; row at a particular rate; touch lightly and with affection, with brushing motions; "He stroked his long beard"

dash off collapse: write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper"; "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess"

move collapse: the act of deciding to do something; "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer"; (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game; the act of changing your residence or place of business; "they say that three moves equal one fire"; go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy"; progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"; propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting; have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?"; arouse sympathy or compassion in; "Her fate moved us all"; move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"; cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"; change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another"; dispose of by selling; "The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers"; live one's life in a specified environment; "she moves in certain circles only"

trial collapse: (law) legal proceedings consisting of the judicial examination of issues by a competent tribunal; "most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial"; (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law; "he had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty"; trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"; an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague"; (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications; "the trials for the semifinals began yesterday"

botch collapse: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

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