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observant collapse: paying close attention especially to details; quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception

knuckle collapse: a joint of a finger when the fist is closed; shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground; press or rub with the knuckles

porter collapse: a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley; a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars); a person employed to carry luggage and supplies; United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910); United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946); United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980); carry luggage or supplies; "They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists"

mealymouthed collapse: hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy; "a mealymouthed politician"

deflection collapse: the property of being bent or deflected; the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position; the amount by which a propagating wave is bent; a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting

marine collapse: a member of the United States Marine Corps; a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land; native to or inhabiting the sea; "marine plants and animals such as seaweed and whales"; of or relating to the sea; "marine explorations"; of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps); "marine barracks"

esquire collapse: a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name; (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood

task force collapse: a temporary military unit formed to accomplish a particular objective; a semipermanent unit created to carry out a continuing task

conserve collapse: fruit preserved by cooking with sugar; preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard"; use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"; keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts"; keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change; "Energy is conserved in this process"

pawky collapse: cunning and sly; "the pawky rich old lady who incessantly scores off her parasitical descendants"- Punch

inflection collapse: deviation from a straight or normal course; a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function

subservient collapse: compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw

hip collapse: either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh; the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum; the fruit of a rose plant

devout collapse: devoutly religious; "a god-fearing and law-abiding people" H.L.Mencken

take out collapse: buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food; "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook"; remove something from a container or an enclosed space; obtain by legal or official process; "take out a license"; "take out a patent"; purchase prepared food to be eaten at home; cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

knee collapse: the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee; hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella

ship collapse: a vessel that carries passengers or freight; place on board a ship; "ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel"; travel by ship; hire for work on a ship

unsuspecting collapse: (often followed by `of') not knowing or expecting; not thinking likely; "an unsuspecting victim"; "unsuspecting (or unaware) of the fact that I would one day be their leader"; not suspicious; "deceiving the unsuspecting public"

shoal collapse: a stretch of shallow water; a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide

closure collapse: termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center"; a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric; a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body; terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion"

guardianship collapse: the responsibility of a guardian or keeper; "he left his car in my keeping"

shallow collapse: lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center; "shallow water"; "a shallow dish"; "a shallow cut"; "a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"; "hit the ball to shallow left field"; not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; "shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance"; lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"; become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time"; make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal"

parasitic collapse: of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; "a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses"; "parasitic vines that strangle the trees"; "bloodsucking blackmailer"; "his indolent leechlike existence"; relating to or caused by parasites; "parasitic infection"

debased collapse: lowered in value; "the dollar is low"; "a debased currency"

armor collapse: tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant; protective covering made of metal and used in combat; a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles; equip with armor

hesitant collapse: lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly

monstrosity collapse: something hideous or frightful; "they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity"

trivial collapse: obvious and dull; "trivial conversation"; "commonplace prose"; concerned with trivialities; "a trivial young woman"; "a trivial mind"

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